The Notion That Language Shapes Your Culture and Your Culture

question 81

Multiple Choice

The notion that language shapes your culture and your culture shapes your language is called

• A) the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
• B) linguistic determinism.
• C) linguistic relativity.
• D) symbolic interactionism.

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