Which of the following serves to disprove the linguistic-relativity hypothesis?

a. Bassa speakers use only two words for color.
b. Infants display considerable intelligence before they learn to speak.
c. English speakers are limited in their ability to think about snow when compared to the Inuit Eskimos.
d. Language structures the way one sees the world.


B

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