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    Scientists have found that we cannot realize things which we have not named. Every language is like a pair of eyeglasses by using what we look the world in a special way. An old example of the relationship between language and perception is the word snow. In English language, there is only one word to describe it, but in Eskimo language, there are many words to describe that.

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    Scientists have found that we cannot realize things which we have not named. Every language is like a pair of eyeglasses by using what we look the world in a special way. An old example of the relationship between language and perception is the word snow. In English language, there is only one word to describe it, but in Eskimo language, there are many words to describe that.

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    Scientists have found that we cannot realize things which we have not named. Every language is like a pair of eyeglasses by using what we look the world in a special way. An old example of the relationship between language and perception is the word snow. In English language, there is only one word to describe it, but in Eskimo language, there are many words to describe that.

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    Language and Perception

    Even if every people have the same physical organs to feel the world; our perception of the world decides to a distinguished range. Scientist has found that we cannot realize things which we have not named. Every language is like a pair of eyeglasses by using what we look the world in a special way. An old example of the relationship between language and perception is the word snow. In English language, there is only one word to describe it, but in Eskimo language, there are many words to describe that word.

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