Which of the Following Statements Would Be True According to the Sapir-Whorf

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements would be true according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

• A) If a culture does not have a word for an emotion, its members will not be able to experience that emotion.
• B) Regardless of the language that individuals from different cultures might speak, people see the world in basically the same way.
• C) The culture that you are raised in determines the languages you will speak in your lifetime.
• D) The distinction between nouns and verbs does not exist in most languages.

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Definitions:

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