Professor Jones Believes That Language Constrains the Way in Which

question 191

Multiple Choice

Professor Jones believes that language constrains the way in which we think. We cannot think of anything in complex terms if we do not have complex language. Jones apparently is a believer in

• A) the thought constraint model
• B) deep structure in thought
• C) the linguistic relativity hypothesis
• D) surface structure in thought
• E) the top-down theory of thought construction

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