Critics of the work of Benjamin Whorf maintain that
A)linguistic predispositions are universal.
B)all cultures essentially share the same linguistic experiences.
C)language determines how we think about our world.
D)words merely reflect rather than cause the way we think.

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Critics of the work of Benjamin Whorf argue that language does not determine how we think about the world, but rather that words reflect our pre-existing thought processes. They maintain that linguistic predispositions are not universal, and that different cultures have different linguistic experiences. However, they do not necessarily argue that all cultures share the same linguistic experiences, so option B is not the best choice.

Critics of the Work of Benjamin Whorf Maintain That