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This is a fascinating and insightful exploration of the ways in which language shapes our understanding of pain. Indeed, language is not simply a neutral tool for describing pain, but that it is deeply embedded in cultural and historical contexts. This means that the words we use to describe pain can either amplify or dampen our experience of it.

Beautifully explored and poetically penned.

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Language is really important in how we think about the world. I know there's some controversy surrounding this assertion, but I have come to view differences in languages as capable of shaping different ways of thought. I can't get enough of this sort of study.

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