alleryWhorf argued Hopi treats the flow of time as what?
AA single continuing process
BA countable series of days
CA repeating cycle of seasons
DA set of fixed calendar units
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A single continuing process
1. Whorf contrasted Hopi with English and other European languages.
2. He said Hopi sees time as a single process with no nouns for units of time.
3. Countable days and calendar units describe the European view he contrasted it with.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Time in Hopi_
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