Which One Is Not True About the Findings by Berling

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which one is not true about the findings by Berling and Kay (1969) ,

• A)All languages contain terms for white and black.
• B)They examined 78 languages and found that 11 basic color terms form a universal hierarchy
• C)Some languages,such as English and German,use all 11 terms: others,such as Dani (New Guinea),use as few as two
• D)They failed to find an evolutionary order in which languages encode universal categories

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