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<span class="WRB">When</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="CD">26</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBD">moved</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Amazon</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="IN">from</span> <span class="NNP">California</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="IN">in</span> <span class="NN">order</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">study</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class="CC">and</span> <span class="NN">culture</span> <span class="IN">of</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBD">were</span> <span class="VBN">believed</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="JJ">unrelated</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">any</span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBD">flew</span> <span class="IN">in</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">small</span> <span class="JJ">missionary</span> <span class="NN">plane</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">bumpy</span> <span class="JJ">nausea-inducing</span> <span class="NN">ride</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">meet</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Pirahã</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="IN">for</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">first</span> <span class="NN">time</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP$">My</span> <span class="NN">body</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="JJ">weak</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NN">brain</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="JJ">taut</span> <span class="IN">with</span> <span class="NN">anxiety</span> <span class="CC">and</span> <span class="NN">anticipation</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NNP">Pirahãs</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="JJ">unrelated</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">any</span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="VBP">speak</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="JJ">many</span> <span class="NNS">linguists</span> <span class="VBD">had</span> <span class="RB">unsuccessfully</span> <span class="VBN">attempted</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">understand</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP$">My</span> <span class="NN">task</span> <span class="MD">would</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">understand</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="JJ">little</span> <span class="JJ">understanding</span> <span class="RB">currently</span> <span class="VBN">existed</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="NN">encounter</span> <span class="IN">with</span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="FW">‘</span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">’</span> <span class="RB">so</span> <span class="IN">unlike</span> <span class="PRP">myself</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">defining</span> <span class="NN">experience</span> <span class="IN">for</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">rest</span> <span class="IN">of</span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="CD">One</span> <span class="IN">of</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJS">greatest</span> <span class="NNS">challenges</span> <span class="IN">of</span> <span class="PRP$">our</span> <span class="NNS">species</span>
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