What is the Sapir-Whorf “hypothesis”?
a. the idea that no single language is better than any other
b. the idea that languages determines how people think
c. the trend for languages to “disappear” as a result of immigration and forced conversation
d. the notion that children are born with an innate form of language
Answer is b. the idea that languages determines how people think (The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is the theory that an individual's thoughts and actions are determined by the language or languages that individual speaks.)
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a. true b. false