The Belief That Language Affects How We Think Was First

question 46

Multiple Choice

The belief that language affects how we think was first developed by ______, and this idea is presented in the ______.

• A)Chomsky; linguistic relativity hypothesis
• B)Whorf; linguistic relativity hypothesis
• C)Chomsky; language acquisition hypothesis
• D)Sternberg; triarchic linguistic hypothesis
• E)Whorf; language acquisition hypothesis

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