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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The concept of linguistic determinism is most closely associated with
A
Pinker
B
Wernicke
C
Whorf
D
Chomsky
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Linguistic determinism is the strong form of linguistic relativity (popularly known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis), which argues that individuals experience the world based on the structure of the language they habitually use.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edward Sapir first described his theory of linguistic determinism in 1929. One common example of linguistic determinism is the idea that the Inuit have a much more sophisticated understanding of snow than people from other cultures do because Inuktitut has many different words for snow.

Detailed explanation-3: -The strong hypothesis of linguistic relativity, now referred to as linguistic determinism, says that language determines thought and that linguistic categories limit and determine cognitive categories. This hypothesis was held by some of the early linguists before World War II.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, also known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis, refers to the proposal that the particular language one speaks influences the way one thinks about reality.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis posits that language either determines or influences one’s thought. In other words, people who speak different languages see the world differently, based on the language they use to describe it.

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