alleryHow does the weak version view language and perception?
AIt sways perception without limiting it
BIt fully fixes what people perceive
CIt has no link to perception
DPerception alone creates grammar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. It sways perception without limiting it
1. The weak version is supported by positive empirical evidence.
2. It says a language's structures influence a speaker's perceptions without strictly limiting them.
3. Full fixing is the strong version, and no link at all is the universalist view.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Lead section_
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