The relationship between language and culture is illustrated by the fact that:
a. All languages have the same number of words.
b. The most complex societies have the most complex languages.
c. The vocabulary of a language emphasizes those features of the environment that are culturally most significant.
d. All languages contain words for all aspects of the physical environment.
e. Some words are the same in all cultures.
C
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