alleryLenneberg faulted Whorf for never doing what?
AStudied any Native American language
BWrote about Hopi grammar in detail
CCompared English with other languages
DLinked a language feature to thought
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Linked a language feature to thought
1. Lenneberg objected to Whorf's evidence rather than his topics.
2. He said Whorf never showed the necessary association between a linguistic and a mental phenomenon.
3. Whorf did study Native American languages, wrote about Hopi, and compared English with them.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Brown and Lenneberg_
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