alleryStrømnes compared work accidents in factories of which two countries?
ANorway and Denmark
BSweden and Norway
CFinland and Denmark
DFinland and Sweden
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Finland and Sweden
1. Strømnes used a behaviour-based approach to relativity.
2. He examined why Finnish factories had more work accidents than similar Swedish ones.
3. He linked this to Swedish prepositions versus Finnish cases, so the other country pairs are wrong.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Behavior-centered research_
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