|Question 12Verbal

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The phrase usa-don sonda is a future-oriented expression used by members of the Yupno, an Indigenous group in Papua New Guinea, that translates to "next week." Rafael Núñez and colleagues recorded Yupno speakers explaining several of these temporal-related words and phrases and coded each speaker's manual gestures. Previous research has found evidence of Spanish speakers referring to the left/right axis to describe events in time, and many researchers believe that this tendency to make temporal distinctions along imagined linear axes is universal. However, Núñez and colleagues claim that this tendency is not in fact ubiquitous.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Núñez and colleagues' claim?
Yupno speakers were observed making temporal gestures both indoors and outdoors, though with greater frequency when indoors.
A
When outdoors and referring to the future, Yupno speakers facing uphill gesture in front of themselves, whereas those facing downhill gesture behind themselves.
B
Yupno speakers typically use their left hand to make temporal gestures regardless of whether the gestures are past oriented or future oriented.
C
Some Yupno grammatical structures used when talking about time are also used in Spanish.
D