The idea that language affects, and even determines, your ability to perceive and think about things, as well as to talk about them, is referred to as:
a. linguistic relativity.
b. linguistic determinism.
c. the linguistic principle.
d. ethnocentrism.
b
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a. genocide b. rebellion c. revolutions d. revitalization movement
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a. language ability b. gender c. nationality d. age
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A. mission civilisatrice B. savoir-faire C. coup d'état D. carte blanche E. nom de plume
Natural selection acts on
A. mutations B. the sex cells C. randomly produced variation D. the needs of a species