The Notion That Language Helps to Shape Our Thinking Patterns

question 19

Multiple Choice

The notion that language helps to shape our thinking patterns is known as the

• A) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
• B) social reality function.
• C) group identity function.
• D) coculture theory.

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