Question

A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly, one for birds and another for non-birds, the Hopi most likely interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns. This argument is based on __________.

A) the linguistic relativity hypothesis
B) bottom-up processing
C) top-down processing
D) deep structure elaboration

Answer 1

A. The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to research, this hypothesis is known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, or known to be Whorfianism. This proposes that the structure of human language effects the way in which an individual conceptualizes their world. It is of two versions of the main principle which is a strong version and a weak version. These versions arise from the way Sapir and Wharf have phrased and presented their ideas with the use of strong and weak words.

Working from the position that every language describes and conceptualizes the world in its own unique way, it holds that a person's native language limits their cross cultural understanding. Human language also reflects the values of the place and culture where it originated and philosophers and linguists have long debated how this effects and shapes the mentality of the persons who speak those different languages.