Scholars doing "the new ethnography" argued that the categorization system encapsulated in a language, and the way a language categorized items
A)determined the mental maturity of the people who used it.
B)was more sophisticated among "civilized" peoples.
C)was a model, or mental map, that speakers had for that particular part of the world.
D)could help elders in that culture to resist the symptoms of Alzheimer's.

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The new ethnography posited that the categorization system within a language serves as a model or mental map for its speakers, guiding their perception and understanding of the world around them.

Scholars Doing "The New Ethnography" Argued That the Categorization System