Sentence examples for item of language from inspiring English sources

In the terminology of the new theory, the word "proposition" was used not for an objective metaphysical complex, but simply for an interpreted declarative sentence, an item of language.

Studies related to the item difficulty of language test are directed more toward prediction than controlling the item difficulty.

For each ASD subject, a parent also completed The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS)[ 10] a 65 item rating scale that measures the severity of autism spectrum symptoms including elements of reciprocal social behaviors (39 items), social use of language (6 items), and behaviors characteristic of children with autism spectrum disorders (20 items).

Items involving Korean language proficiency (overall, reading, writing, listening and speaking ratings) were neatly loaded together, as were the items of English language proficiency (overall, reading, writing, listening and speaking ratings).

Items covering history of language delay and child temperament have been already incorporated in the MoBa questionnaires and can be used in future studies.

The Chinese version consisted of 57 items, including 11 items for relationships, 10 items for tapping sensory behaviors, 13 items for language, 12 items for the use of physical development, and 11 items for daily living skills.

The language policy of a speech community consists of the commonly agreed-upon set of choices of language items or language varieties and the ideologies associated with those choices.

(2) Meanings or concepts are to be equated — not with the sorts of items, in principle autonomous of language, with which much of the philosophical tradition has equated them, e.g. the referents involved, Platonic forms, or empiricist ideas, but instead — with usages of words.

Overall therefore the findings of this study suggest that despite the considerable theoretical and research interest which has been devoted to the issue of the optimal number of options in multiple choice items, for the measurement of language structure and reading ability, the issue may be of minor importance in considering the performance of the multiple choice format.

These quantitative traits for each individual with an ASD were derived from the sums of severity scores from the ADI-R items that described severity of language impairment, deficits in nonverbal communication, impaired play skills, insistence on sameness/rituals, and delayed social development.

The inclusion of more difficult items probing subtle levels of language and praxis impairment would improve its measurement precision in milder stages of Alzheimer's disease.