'gaps in language' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe situations in which words and phrases are missing, either from spoken language or written language. For example, "The English language has numerous gaps in language that cause difficulty when trying to express certain ideas."
"There are gaps in language and image and interest".
It applied a curatorial reading drawn from Jacques Derrida's Deconstruction school of literary theory, about breaks and gaps in language.
Cross-pollination is hampered by gaps in language, by preconceptions (on both sides), by label demands for a marketable product, by the suspicion that someone might be using someone, or that the wider audience being sought might be put off by music too far off their wavelengths.
Gaps in language and standard of living create constant friction.In one recent incident, soldiers of the 4th infantry division killed four wedding guests in Samarra, a previously peaceable town, after mistaking a happy caravan of horn-tooting, gun-firing cars for attackers.
This indicates that the language stimulation techniques were effective at addressing some of the gaps in language development of these children.
According to one study, the racial gap in language scores approximately doubles between the time a black student enters school and the time she leaves.
JOHN McGLOIN Staten Island, Oct. 22, 2013 To the Editor: The shocking gap in language skills of infants and toddlers should bolster a push for adult education rather than for pre-K.
"We don't believe that just because they have a gap in language that they aren't able to accomplish great things, because they can," Cephas said.
This finding fits with reports that the gap in language ability found between boys and girls in the early life closes with increasing age (Gaddes & Crockett 1975; Ely 2005).
And most bands that achieve long-playing immortality play around gaps in ordinary language.
While new creations or phenomena sometimes get a new name -- like "software" or "affirmative action" -- gaps in the language are not always filled: a compelling and widely embraced name for the first decade of the 21st century has yet to be found, though many suggestions like "the aughts," "the naughts," "the zeros" and "the oh-ohs" have been floated.
