In the Article "Turning the Tables: Language and Spatial Reasoning

question 71

Multiple Choice

In the article "Turning the Tables: Language and Spatial Reasoning," Peggy Li and Lila Gleitman claim to have debunked the theory that speakers of the Mayan language have a different understanding of space and spatial relations than speakers of other languages. What theory is this article attacking?

• A) art worlds
• B) technological determinism
• C) cultural diffusion
• D) cultural imperialism
• E) the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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