Multiple Choice
The language of the Inuit in Canada has many different terms for frozen white flakes of precipitation, for which we use the term snow. _____ argued that, because of this, the Inuit _____.
A) Benjamin Whorf; perceive snow differently from English speakers
B) Noam Chomsky; have a fundamentally different language acquisition device than English speakers
C) Eleanor Rosch; think about snow in a fundamentally different way than English speakers
D) Allen Gardner; form emotional associations with snow more easily than English speakers
Correct Answer:
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