Research on linguistic relativity suggests that

a. Language has a complete control over how people categorize the world.
b. Language can have some effects on categorization, but the effects are limited.
c. Language has no effect on categorization.
d. Researchers have not addressed this question.


Answer: B

Rationale: By comparison, the Dani people of New Guinea, have one word for blue-green, but no words to distinguish what English speakers consider prototypically blue or prototypically green.

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