There Is a Suggested Relationship Between Language and the Way

question 16

Multiple Choice

There is a suggested relationship between language and the way people think. Which of the following statements about the relationship is NOT true?

• A) it was explored in the late 1950s by Benjamin Whorf
• B) it proposes that the categories by which we understand the world are related to the way we organize language
• C) it claims that native speakers of the same language think in similar patterns
• D) it proves that speakers of different languages think alike

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