Sentence examples for capacity of words from inspiring English sources

According to Searle, the derived intentionality of language accounts for the apparently mysterious capacity of words, phrases, and sentences to refer not only to things in the world but also to things that are purely imaginary or fictional.

I believe in the transformative power of a classroom, the central importance of careful and transparent research, and the capacity of words to move mountains.

Fascinated with language and the capacity of words to deceive, Allen, like cartoonist Stan Mack of "Real Life Comics," often incorporates things overheard in public places as a reliable barometer of the national pulse.

Castel and colleagues [ 56] examined two components of WM in AD by measuring WM efficiency (the number value of the words recalled) and capacity (number of words recalled).

SWAC had 40 of these tubes, for a total memory capacity of 256 words of 40 bits each.

In order to verify her capacity of ordering words to make sentences, simple clauses were presented to her, like 'The Wolf eats Little Red Hood', and then the girl was asked 'Where is the Little Red Hood?', 'Where is the card for eating?' and 'Where is the wolf?'.

To judge from the mash of bodies at the Stone — which, granted, has a capacity of around 75 — word of the Momenta Quartet's diligence, curiosity and excellence is definitely out.

The latter has been explained by interpreters as the natural capacity of a significative word to stand for something.

It's also an allegory about the danger of words - their capacity to tell the future and determine reality ("We sometimes know things before they happen," Orr decides, "even if we don't know what we know").

Because of the diversity of voices, their ability to cover niche subjects and the infinite capacity of the Web for words, blogs have been able to take on the recession from every conceivable angle — straight-up reporting, economic analysis, advice for the unemployed and more than a few servings of paranoia.

Eventually, the toll of years of drinking -- combined, perhaps, with Alzheimer's disease -- would rob Kingsley of the two things most intrinsic to his sense of self: his capacity for laughter and his love of words.