alleryWhat does Brown's weak formulation predict?
ALanguage differences go with thinking differences
BNative language fully determines worldview
CNative language never affects cognition
DAll speakers think in one shared way
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Language differences go with thinking differences
1. Brown split the hypothesis into a weak and a strong formulation.
2. The weak one says structural differences between languages are paralleled by nonlinguistic cognitive differences.
3. Full determination is the strong formulation, and the last two options deny any link.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Brown and Lenneberg_
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