The Modern Interpretation of the Whorf Hypothesis Draws the Following

question 10

Multiple Choice

The modern interpretation of the Whorf Hypothesis draws the following conclusion about the interrelationships and effects of language,culture,and thought.Which of the following statements best represents the current,accepted version of this theory?

• A)Language is influential in shaping how people think and experience the world.
• B)Language determines how we see,experience,and interpret the world around.
• C)Arizona's Hopi Indians make no distinction in their language among past,present,and future tenses-and therefore cannot think about the past or future.
• D)Arizona's Hopi Indians have a single world,masa'ytaka,for everything that flies,from insects to airplanes.
• E)In Finland,there is only one pronoun for the words he and she,which helps avoid the tendency to link certain behaviors or jobs to either men or women.

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