The Linguistic Determinism Hypothesis Is Challenged by the Finding That

question 58

Multiple Choice

The linguistic determinism hypothesis is challenged by the finding that

• A) chimps can learn to communicate spontaneously by using sign language.
• B) people with no word for a certain color can still perceive that color accurately.
• C) the Eskimo language contains a number of words for snow, whereas English
• D) has only one.
• E) infants' babbling contains many phonemes that do not occur in their own language and that they therefore cannot have heard.

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