The belief that language affects how we think was first developed by ______, and this idea is presented in the ______.
A)Chomsky; linguistic relativity hypothesis
B)Whorf; linguistic relativity hypothesis
C)Chomsky; language acquisition hypothesis
D)Sternberg; triarchic linguistic hypothesis
E)Whorf; language acquisition hypothesis

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The concept that language influences thought is central to the linguistic relativity hypothesis, which was most notably developed by Benjamin Lee Whorf.

The Belief That Language Affects How We Think Was First