Sentence examples for explanations of language from inspiring English sources

Explaining why he rejects biologically based explanations of language, Deutscher states that "if the rules of grammar are meant to be coded in the genes, then one could expect the grammar of all languages to be the same, and it is then difficult to explain why grammars should ever vary in any fundamental aspects".

"It also diverted scientists' interests away from articulated sound in nonhuman primates as a potential homolog of human speech, and thus lent support to less direct explanations of language evolution, involving communicative gestures, complex cognitive or neural functions, or genetics". But recent research has begun to challenge that assumption about the larynx, the study authors wrote.

Stuart Russell ''Rationality as an Explanation of Language?." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 10 , 1987

Probably the hardest test for a theory of brain function is the explanation of language processing in the human brain, in particular the interplay of syntax and semantics.

Mr. Schwartz's review, though, is presented in the legislation after an explanation of language changes, and appears as if it were a governmental analysis, rather than one financed by an interest group.

These results refine explanations of how language and gesture work together by showing how language impairment influences gesture, and highlighting the key role of the lemma.

Alternative explanations of religious language cast it as having political, performative, or imperative functions.

This is why nineteenth-century Chinese accounts about Manchu rituals are "fragmentary and often error-prone," while their explanations of ritual language are "positively confusing".

Because some of the same non-manual behaviours may signify different things depending on context, written explanations of sign language, such as textbook lessons, must incorporate the perspectives of native signers to avoid incorrect interpretations.

The teenager took a meandering path through the text and the extras his teacher had embedded: notes with explanations of difficult language, a YouTube video about solar eclipses, periodic comprehension questions, and more.

Patients who have difficulty understanding the explanation, because of language deficiency are excluded.