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See also: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis) - Simply Psychology also Language Log » No word for -privacy- in Russian-
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p70 Words affect others, but more importantly, words chance / influence ourselves. Strong (expressed) emotions are a result of what happens around us, but the expressing of those emotions also feeds into those same emotions, thus strengthening them. Very unstoic.
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This is a phenomenon I noticed clearly in Sweden with SashaM who spoke Finnish, English and Italian, and his personality changed depending on the language he spoke. Because he was a very expressive person, it was very obvious