allerySlobin named which kind of cognitive process?
AColour codability
BFocal colour naming
CThinking for speaking
DMental worldview
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Thinking for speaking
1. Slobin described a process where perceptual and prelinguistic cognition is put into linguistic terms.
2. He named it thinking for speaking.
3. Slobin argues these processes are the basis of linguistic relativity, unlike codability, which belongs to colour studies.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Rethinking Linguistic Relativity_
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