Multiple Choice
__________ argued that all human languages have a common structural basis and that all humans have similar linguistic abilities.
A) Edward Sapir
B) Benjamin Lee Whorf
C) William Labov
D) Noam Chomsky
E) Deborah Tannen
Correct Answer:
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