The language of the Inuit in Canada has many different terms for frozen white flakes of precipitation,for which we use the term snow._____ argued that,because of this,the Inuit _____.
A)Benjamin Whorf;perceive snow differently than do English speakers
B)Noam Chomsky;have a fundamentally different language acquisition device than do English speakers
C)Eleanor Rosch;think about snow in a fundamentally different way than do English speakers
D)Allen Gardner;Form emotional associations with snow more easily than do English speakers

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Benjamin Whorf argued that language shapes the way we think about the world. The fact that the Inuit have many different terms for snow suggests that they may perceive and conceptualize it in different ways than English speakers.

The Language of the Inuit in Canada Has Many Different