The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis marked a very important development in the study of language. Which of the following statements is true regarding the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
A. We think in the words and the meanings of our language which in turn is an expression of our culture.
B. All human languages share a universal grammar that is innate in the human species and culturally invariant.
C. People of one culture cannot think of objects for which another culture has plentiful vocabulary.
D. One of the most remarkable features of any language’s rule structure is that it allows the speaker to generate sentences that have never before been spoken.
A. We think in the words and the meanings of our language which in turn is an expression of our culture.
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