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Education QUESTION #7579
Question 1
The proposition that language shapes how individuals of a particular culture understand the world is known as which hypothesis?
  • Sapir-Whorf hypothesis✔️
  • Leah and Harry hypothesis
  • Brown and Gilman hypothesis
  • None of these
Correct Answer Explanation
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis proposes linguistic relativity, suggesting that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview and cognition.