The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
of there being little that is a significant difference
of there being little that is significantly different
of little that is significantly different
that there is little that is significantly different
that there is little of significant differences
(A) of there being代替that同位语从句表达复杂,笨拙并且不符合习惯.
(B) 错误同A选项
(C) 错误同A选项
(D) 正确, 用that同位语从句清楚地解释了generalization的内容
(E) In the phrase 'little of X', the X has to be a singular quantity. If it's plural (like 'differences'), then you have to use few.
eg. There was very little food left over at the end of the party.
There were very few crab cakes left over at the end of the party.——即little of + 不可数名词,few +可数
little of类似于a little of,接不可数名词,a few of/few of接可数名词复数。所以E不对
D 是同位语+定语从句
a few of/few of接可数名词复数
significantly:表示程度深而已
D中that指代generation逻辑正确;而C中用了of,that修饰little逻辑不正确,所以需要辨别of、that的用法