Our first language seems to have a definite role in shaping “habitual thought”, that is, the way we think about things as we go about our daily lives, without analyzing how we’re thinking.
A. idea
B. thought
C. habitual thought
D. none of the above
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There is a strong version called linguistic determinism which holds that “________________________”.
A. thought is language
B. language determines thought
C. language changes thought
D. language is thought
Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf argue that the language of Native Americans, such as the Hopi, led them to view the world differently from those who spoke European languages.
A. 对
B. 错
These may be categories of snow for English speakers, but they are lexicalized (in other words, “not expressed as a single word”).
A. 对
B. 错
In Whorf’s words, “We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages”.
A. 对
B. 错