When We Say That Languages Differ in Their Degree of Differentiation

question 11

Multiple Choice

When we say that languages differ in their degree of differentiation of semantic domains, we mean that:

• A) speakers of different languages think about words in different ways
• B) speakers of different languages use different words to express themselves, but think in similar ways
• C) there are more words in a given domain in some languages than in others
• D) it is fundamentally impossible to translate certain words and expressions from one language to another

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Definitions:

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