A 2003 study comparing how Korean- and English-speaking children and adults:
A) demonstrates that the Whorfian Hypothesis does not hold true when applied to semantics.
B) supports the application of the Whorfian Hypothesis to how special distinctions are made in language.
C) compared how children and adults described tight-fitting containment, or putting letter shapes into a puzzle.
D) indicated that children used the same terms to describe tight-fitting containment across cultures.

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The study supports the Whorfian Hypothesis by showing how language influences cognitive processes, particularly in how spatial distinctions are made, which varies between Korean and English speakers.

A 2003 Study Comparing How Korean- and English-Speaking Children and Adults