The Dani Language Has Only Two Words for Colour ("Light

question 80

Multiple Choice

The Dani language has only two words for colour ("light" and "dark") , but the Dani are just as good at recognizing and remembering different colours as North Americans are. This is strong evidence against

• A) Chomsky's language acquisition device.
• B) the belief that colour is an important cognitive process.
• C) social pragmatics accounts of language.
• D) linguistic determinism.

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