Which of the following supports Whorf's Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis?
A)Japanese speakers cannot discriminate between the /r/ and /l/ distinction, but English speakers can.
B)Marcus can think about concepts even though he doesn't have words to describe them.
C)Providing more masculine attributes to a child when referred to as HE/SHE compared to HE
D)Children are able to advance in their thinking faster when they are left to learn language on their own versus when they are actively taught language from an early age.

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Japanese speakers cannot discriminate between the /r/ and /l/ distinction, but English speakers can. This supports Whorf's Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis, which states that the structure of a language influences the way its speakers think about the world.

Which of the Following Supports Whorf's Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis