Languages don't merely label the same experiences differently; they fundamentally chunk reality into distinct perceptual units. What one language highlights as a meaningful distinction often falls into an unnoticed "between" in another, creating unique and sometimes untranslatable perspectives on experience.
"every Distinction reveals a regularity in our Experience and obscures others" –– Humberto Maturana
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distinctions in language chunk experience
different languages chunk experience differently
there are "betweens" in what each language distinguishes
These others (see above Maturana quote) that she thinks of as betweens.