Sentence examples for debating language from inspiring English sources

Many critics claim that debating language and labels isn't productive, and that our efforts as activists should be channeled elsewhere.

Some of the possible hobbies that relate to a law degree are public speaking, debating, languages and advocacy.

"The necessity is not to have lawyers debating statutory language," he said.

The leaders of the eight industrialized countries, who gathered on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for their annual meeting, spent months debating the language of Tuesday's communiqué in lower-level talks.

My guess is that most of the people in the audience were newspaper readers rather than big internet users, but there were a couple of people who pitched in to warn me - when I was explaining about the recent discussion on Cif about the standard of debate, language and tone - not to try and censor the conversation developing in sites like Cif.

During and after the three debates, language used by the candidates generates a live graphical map of the events.

We are now forcible renegotiating a national identity that is inclusive – removing symbols of oppressive regimes, debating appropriate languages at public institutions and exposing all forms of racism and cultural exclusion.

Linguists have long debated whether language is a skill we develop with all-purpose minds, or whether we have innate systems dedicated to it.

For decades, researchers debated whether language is acquired through experience or whether humans are wired for it.

More recently, there have been suggestions that 'y'all' might even have some singular usage, and the (seemingly redundant) 'all y'all' has been attested, although this is hotly debated, as Language Log explores.

Gervais and Merchant spent several days debating phrasing and language, leading them to a point where they felt they had "translated it pretty well" for American viewers.