Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf Are Giving a Lecture

question 88

Multiple Choice

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf are giving a lecture on the relationship between language and thought.What hypothesis would they most likely put forward?

• A)there are cross-linguistic differences in thought.
• B)language is primarily a left-brain activity,whereas thought is a dual hemisphere activity.
• C)language processes are primarily learned,while thought processes are primarily inborn.
• D)each member of a language community thinks very differently from every other member of that same community.

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