Which of the following statements would be true according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

A. Regardless of the language that individuals from different cultures might speak, people see the world in basically the same way.
B. The culture that you are raised in determines the languages you will speak in your lifetime.
C. If a culture does not have a word for an emotion, its members will not be able to experience that emotion.
D. The distinction between nouns and verbs does not exist in most languages.


Answer: C

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