The linguistic relativity hypothesis holds that:

A) different languages use different grammatical constructions.
B) language shapes the nature of thought.
C) different brain regions are activated when a bilingual person uses her native language as opposed to her second language.
D) all languages change over time.


B) language shapes the nature of thought.

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