Discussion
The claim that the structure of language influence how its speakers view the world is associated with
Answer: A
The claim that the structure of a language influences how its speakers perceive and think about the world is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (linguistic relativity). Whorf's study of Hopi time concepts is the usual illustration.
Communicative competence concerns knowing how to use language appropriately (Hymes). Language contact theory is about changes when speech communities meet. The speech act theory (Austin, Searle) studies what we do with utterances, so none of these claims that language shapes thought.
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