Multiple Choice
Which of these claims related to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is valid?
A) We can perceive phenomena, events, objects, and ideas more easily when a lexicon to describe them is readily available.
B) We are prisoners of the language we speak, incapable of perceiving small distinctions in color, for example, without labels that identify the color differences.
C) Having a large vocabulary for a specific phenomenon, event, or object reflects the significance a speech community places on these.
D) both a and c
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