Which of the following would provide evidence in favour of the Whorfian hypothesis?

Which of the following would provide evidence in favour of the Whorfian hypothesis?




A)
Children that have just learned to speak appear to have universal conceptions of space across different languages, but after geometry experience at school, begin to differentiate in their conceptions.
B)
Different concepts of time in various languages influence judgments about how long individuals believe it takes for a cup to be filled with water.
C)
Certain tribes in Brasil represent numbers of objects with 'one', 'two', and 'many', but when it comes to completing abstract mathematical calculations they have no limitations on counting.
D)
Although English has a number of words for colours, some English speakers place colours into more categories than other English speakers with the same English language experience.



Answer: B