Universalists retort that such neo-Whorfians are finding trivial surface features of language: the claim that language truly constricts thinking is still not proven.

• 普适主义者则反驳说，新沃尔夫主义者找到的都是些琐碎的语言特征，流于表面，这不足以证明语言确实会对思维产生束缚。