All languages known to have exactly six basic color terms describe the same six colors –
black, white, red, green, blue and yellow – corresponding to the primary neural responses
revealed in studies of human color perception. In addition, all languages known to have
only three basic color terms distinguish among “black,” “white,” and “red.” This evidence
shows that the way in which the mind recognizes differences among colored objects is not
influenced by culture.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
A. While languages differ in their number of basic color terms, no language has been
conclusively determined to have more than eleven such terms.
B. Every language contains mechanisms by which speakers who perceive subtle differences in
hue can describe those differences.
C. Among cultures employing only three color terms, the word “red” typically encompasses
not only objects that would be called red in English but also those that would be called
yellow.
D. Several languages, such as Vietnamese and Pashto, use a single term to mean both blue
and green, but speakers of such languages commonly refer to tree leaves or the sky to
resolve ambiguous utterances.
E. In a study of native speakers of Tarahumara, a language that does not distinguish between
blue and green, respondents were less able to identify distinctions among blue and green
chips than native speakers of Spanish, which does distinguish between blue and green.
OA E
Why not C?
also please what A means although its wrong.
black, white, red, green, blue and yellow – corresponding to the primary neural responses
revealed in studies of human color perception. In addition, all languages known to have
only three basic color terms distinguish among “black,” “white,” and “red.” This evidence
shows that the way in which the mind recognizes differences among colored objects is not
influenced by culture.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
A. While languages differ in their number of basic color terms, no language has been
conclusively determined to have more than eleven such terms.
B. Every language contains mechanisms by which speakers who perceive subtle differences in
hue can describe those differences.
C. Among cultures employing only three color terms, the word “red” typically encompasses
not only objects that would be called red in English but also those that would be called
yellow.
D. Several languages, such as Vietnamese and Pashto, use a single term to mean both blue
and green, but speakers of such languages commonly refer to tree leaves or the sky to
resolve ambiguous utterances.
E. In a study of native speakers of Tarahumara, a language that does not distinguish between
blue and green, respondents were less able to identify distinctions among blue and green
chips than native speakers of Spanish, which does distinguish between blue and green.
OA E
Why not C?
also please what A means although its wrong.
