Researchers Have Found That Despite the Number of Colour Names

question 24

Multiple Choice

Researchers have found that despite the number of colour names in a language, the basic abilities to perceive and distinguish colours are unaffected. This finding would be troublesome for which theory?

• A) Chomsky's language acquisition device
• B) social pragmatics
• C) nativist accounts
• D) Sapir-Whorf's linguistic relativity

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Definitions:

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