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No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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