The linguistic relativity hypothesis suggests that ________.

A) perception of surface structure precedes deep structure in understanding a sentence
B) we decide which objects belong to a concept according to what is most probable or sensible, given the facts at hand
C) one's language determines the pattern of one's thinking and view of the world
D) one's thinking and view of the world determines the structure of one's language

Linguistic Relativity

A hypothesis suggesting that the structure of a language influences its speakers' world view or cognition, often referred to as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

Surface Structure

In linguistics, it refers to the superficial syntactic structure of a sentence that can be directly observed in spoken or written language, contrasted with deep structure which is the underlying meaning.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, a term denoting the underlying syntactic structure or meaning of a sentence.