Linguistic __________ states that different languages impose different conceptions of reality. A prime example of this is the fact that the ancient Mayan culture had no word that meant "zero,"

and thus their reality did not include a concept of the "absence of value."
a. morphism
b. determinism
c. relativism
d. phonemics


Answer: B

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