The Whorfian hypothesis proposes that ______.
A. the language we use may cause us to see the world differently than people who use another language
B. that mental imagery precedes language construction
C. the meaning of language is derived from social and cultural usage
D. words corresponds to rigid categories of objects that serve to schematically organize the contents of thought
A. the language we use may cause us to see the world differently than people who use another language
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