alleryWhich Russian psychologist wrote a 1934 work on thought and language?
ALev Vygotsky
BJean Piaget
CB.F. Skinner
DNoam Chomsky
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Lev Vygotsky
1. The Russian psychologist who read Sapir's work studied how language structures influence children's concepts.
2. He is Lev Vygotsky, whose 1934 book is Thought and Language.
3. Piaget was Swiss, Skinner was American, and Chomsky is a linguist.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Independent developments in Europe_
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