Sentence examples for retain a language from inspiring English sources

Ms. Bialystok said that for a child to retain a language, a nanny probably would not do the trick.

In the carefully composed work that Kheir has seen, "he often manages to create imaginary spaces of inner worlds, while retaining a restrained language that resists the temptation of 'freewheeling lyricism' that renders a lot of his contemporaries' works either too vague or in some cases clearly ostentatious".

Urbane, complex, and retaining a musical language that was at once European and American, Barber was the perfect choice to open America's grandest of grand opera houses.

Yet the government seems to retain a dangerous Anglocentricism where languages are concerned.

In all such countries, the number names are translated into the local language, but retain a name similarity due to shared etymology.

The Gullah, sometimes known as the Gullah Geechee, are a group of African-American people who populate the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia, speak a distinctive creole language and retain a culture rich in African influences.

To a new speaker of the language, English idioms retain a troubling trace of literalness long after they are understood.

Perri Klass has a fascinating article in today's New York Times on exactly how differently: they take longer to distinguish phonetic sounds in either language, but then hear them in both; they retain an interest in other languages longer; and as their languages develop, so do strong multitasking and problem-solving skills.

"The younger children have an … ability to learn languages quicker and can retain a lot of that information," Maldonado said.

But she said her friend retained "a facility with language" after graduating from law school in 1984.

The draft Constitution retains a lot of language from the Mubarak-era document.