The language of the Inuit in Canada has many different terms for frozen white flakes of precipitation, for which we use the term snow. _____ argued that, because of this, the Inuit
A) Benjamin Whorf; perceive snow differently than do English speakers
B) Noam Chomsky; have a fundamentally different language acquisition device than do English speakers
C) Eleanor Rosch; think about snow in a fundamentally different way than do English speakers
D) Allen Gardner; form emotional associations with snow more easily than do English speakers
A) Benjamin Whorf; perceive snow differently than do English speakers
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. a relationship. B. identity. C. acceptance. D. All of these