Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis emphasizes thata. infancy is a critical period for language development. b. our linguistic proficiencies influence our social status. c. words shape the way people think. d. morphemes and phonemes build grammar and language. e. all languages share a similar grammar.

c. words shape the way people think

Explanation:

Whorf seeks to explain language as it affects human behaviour. According to Whorf is a measure of human knowledge and thinking capacity so that language influences their thought processes such as, memory, perception and categorization. This therefore means that varied languages means varied thought process.

Also a stronger form of linguistic relativity which purports that different persons construe the world differently based in the nature and structure of his/her language.