Rosch Studied the Dani People from New Guinea Who Had

question 175

Multiple Choice

Rosch studied the Dani people from New Guinea who had only two words for colour: one for bright colours and one for dark colours. Her results revealed that the Dani were capable of distinguishing the difference between a wide assortment of colours, providing evidence that contradicted _.

• A) triarchic theory of language
• B) linguistic relativity hypothesis
• C) comparative theory of language
• D) linguistic determinism

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