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Lost In Translation: The Power Of Language To Shape How We View The World

Learning new languages can help us understand other cultures and countries. Do the languages we speak also shape our thoughts?
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If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed that the different languages you speak will make you stretch in different ways.

Languages like Spanish

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