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In many ways, grammatical categories remain mysterious. What does it mean to speak a language that in every sentence requires you to locate yourself in time, or specify your source of knowledge, or the shape of what you are talking about ? We still don't know. But putting the question like this suggests a clear and limited way of interpreting the idea that different languages represent different worlds. Which of the following statements on this passage interprets it most accurately ?
Answer: B
The statement that interprets the passage most accurately is that it concedes that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis cannot be discounted entirely.
The passage asks what it means to speak a language that forces you to mark time or source of knowledge, and says that putting the question this way suggests a limited way of reading the idea that languages represent different worlds. That is a measured concession and not a rejection.
It does not say that grammatical categories are unreliable or reliable, and it does not say the hypothesis is largely discredited.
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