The finding that the constant use of male pronouns (he, him, his) when speaking about hypothetical people in general language can influence gender stereotyping provides support for the ____
a. ?strong form of Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis
b. nature side of the nature-nurture language debate?
c. weaker version of Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis?
d. language acquisition device theory formulated by Noam Chomsky?
ANSWER:
c
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