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Who is associated with the idea that language influences thought, known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis?

ANoam Chomsky

BBenjamin Lee Whorf

CJean Piaget

DLev Vygotsky

Answer:

B. Benjamin Lee Whorf

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Benjamin Lee Whorf, along with Edward Sapir, proposed the linguistic relativity hypothesis, which suggests that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview.


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