Because Speakers from Three Different Languages Choose the Same Colour

question 97

Multiple Choice

Because speakers from three different languages choose the same colour chip as the exemplar for a particular colour, researchers concluded that:

• A) language determines colour perception
• B) colour perception depends largely upon environmental factors
• C) language does not determine colour perception
• D) the Whorfian hypothesis is false

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