Identify a Criticism About the Linguistic-Relativity Hypothesis

question 19

Multiple Choice

Identify a criticism about the linguistic-relativity hypothesis.

• A)Infants display considerable intelligence before they have learned to speak.
• B)Adults use only actions and gestures as units of thought.
• C)A language's vocabulary suggests the range of its speakers' nonessential concepts.
• D)A language's vocabulary suggests the range of its speakers' cognitive limits.

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Definitions:

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