Sentences with phrase «capacity for speech»

They are not as vocal as other bird breeds, but do still have a small capacity for speech.

Bosco and Mr. Whiskers» capacity for speech is entirely in Jerry's mind, of course; so are a lot of other things.

While they have the capacity for speech, they operate mainly on instinct — that instinct being destruction and a taste for human flesh and bone.

Archaeological evidence now suggests they were capable of symbolic thought, had a basic knowledge of chemistry, medicine and cooking, and perhaps some capacity for speech.

Our subjective individualism makes us think of «tongue» as the individual's capacity for speech and of the «unruliness» then as a tendency to speak impulsively, unkindly, or carelessly.

On our present information, for example, no creature other than humans provide evidence, anatomical or otherwise, of the capacity for speech.

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They ask congregations to develop teens» capacities for «serious, articulate, confident, personal and congregational faith» in contrast to the neutral discourse about religion of the pluralistic public sphere or the strident religious speech of those who cause offense.

From his father, Bonhoeffer received his great capacity for disciplined thought and speech.

In a speech to the National Consumer Congress in Sydney today -LRB-»Em powering consumers in the digital age») ACCC Chairman Ron Sims highlights «price signalling» as an area for debate in the forthcoming root and branch review, claiming «recent statements regarding airline capacity shows why these laws need to be extended to all sectors of the economy».

In her capacity as educational activist, she has given several keynote speeches to organizations such as the World Economic Forum as well as organizations that advocate specifically for children, such as Parents as Teachers.

Clinton's speech praised Cuomo, who had recently endorsed her, for the bill's expansion of background checks but did not mention its potentially more controversial prohibitions on high - capacity magazines and broadened definition of assault weapons.

Instead, speaking directly to President Castro toward the end of his speech, President Obama said, «You need not fear the different voices of the Cuban people and their capacity to speak and assemble and vote for their leaders.»

Earlier in his speech, the governor - elect said commended Mimiko for service he had rendered to the state and the nation at large, saying the governor had displayed exemplary leadership quality in various capacities he had served.

Our capacity for complex speech might come from tiny tweaks to existing monkey genes that gave us flatter faces and more refined larynxes

Our capacity for complex speech might come from tiny fiddles to existing monkey genes, which gave us flatter faces and more refined larynxes

A decade has passed since the end of Rise, when apes began surprising mankind with their capacity for intellect, speech, and organized displays of force.

That's doubly true for schools, which can regulate the speech of their teachers, at least while they are working in their official capacity.

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Children often experience separation anxiety and while more treatment options exist for children because of their advanced cognitive ability and speech capacity, the underlying disorder is virtually identical to that in dogs.

This apparently means that employees may be disciplined for their official capacity speech, without any First Amendment scrutiny, and without regard to whether it touches on matters of «public concern» — a very significant doctrinal development.»

In this capacity, you would take dictation for a physician and assist him or her with various writings, such as articles, letters, reports and speeches.

The main results can be summarized as follows: (1) Synchrony during early mother - child interactions has neurophysiological correlates [85] as evidenced though the study of vagal tone [78], cortisol levels [80], and skin conductance [79]; (2) Synchrony impacts infant's cognitive processing [64], school adjustment [86], learning of word - object relations [87], naming of object wholes more than object parts [88]; and IQ [67], [89]; (3) Synchrony is correlated with and / or predicts better adaptation overall (e.g., the capacity for empathy in adolescence [89]; symbolic play and internal state speech [77]; the relation between mind - related comments and attachment security [90], [91]; and mutual initiation and mutual compliance [74], [92]-RRB-; (3) Lack of synchrony is related to at risk individuals and / or temperamental difficulties such as home observation in identifying problem dyads [93], as well as mother - reported internalizing behaviors [94]; (4) Synchrony has been observable within several behavioral or sensorial modalities: smile strength and eye constriction [52]; tonal and temporal analysis of vocal interactions [95](although, the association between vocal interactions and synchrony differs between immigrant (lower synchrony) and non-immigrant groups [84]-RRB-; mutual gaze [96]; and coordinated movements [37]; (5) Each partner (including the infant) appears to play a role in restoring synchrony during interactions: children have coping behaviors for repairing interactive mismatches [97]; and infants are able to communicate intent and to respond to the intent expressed by the mother at the age of 2 months [98].