Sentence examples for basic tension of language from inspiring English sources

That tension between what was in his heart and what his voice allowed him to express is the basic tension of language we all face, only heightened.

Noam Chomsky calls the basic forms of language "deep structures".

The basic units of language are phonemes, morphemes, and words.

In The Language Instinct, Pinker developed Noam Chomsky's notion that the basic structures of language are hardwired into the brain.

Mental language, the language of thought, is thus the most primitive and basic level of language.

For gossip to evolve at all, we first needed the basic forms of language.

Table 1 gives a basic correlation of language families, location, and primary modes of food production.

However, in all cases, the basic elements of language are actions, situations, and fluents.

But a basic tension between the idea of seriousness and the idea of entertainment rears its head.

This basic tension between pattern and purpose is the foundation of all language games, which play against the player's instinctive urge to intuit the rules beneath the text.

"The basic structural components of language may be intact but the ability to use language to engage socially is impaired".