Sentences with phrase «controlled by language»

What literary critics and biblical scholars share, according to the editors of The Literary Guide, is not so much an interest in the referential qualities of the biblical texts as an interest in their internal relationships, particularly as these relationships are controlled by language.

Not exact matches

Michaels countered by saying the very restrictions of commercial television — fixed time slots, ad breaks, language rules — impose a very necessary discipline on a creative process that could otherwise spiral out of control.
Fundamentalism uses the culture, rituals, sacraments, texts, language, and metaphors and allusions and symbols (verbal, visual, musical, etc.) of religion in blind adherence to a dogma as defined and interpreted by a person or group who is self - aggregating and self - justifying raw personal power for the sole purpose of controlling the lives of others.
These Catholic claims prompted state constitutional amendments nationwide dictating that public funds for education could not be controlled by «any religious sect,» language carefully chosen to halt the Catholic drive while preserving public school instruction in nonsectarian Protestantism.
Ibn «Arabi's style of intermixing radical elements with traditional language, models and theological structure could perhaps be explained in this background as an echo of freethinking controlled by a rigorous interpenetration of the old and the new.
According to a report by the Royal Commission on Newspapers in 1981, three chains control 90 percent of French - language daily circulation.
The true context of history, wrapped in value - laden local languages, is replaced by the pseudo-context of media images, drafted to meet the immediate needs of the powers that control, or merely the convenience of technicians that operate, the electronic media system.
But the people are the subjects of speech, language, and all other expressions of their religio - cultural experiences; and they resist the cultural domination that is wrought by the control and monopoly of the media.
Kings is the editorial work of DH, perhaps a school of theologians - historians thoroughly impressed with and largely controlled by the perspectives and even the language and style of Deuteronomy.
But preliminary results already show powerful gap - closing effects for Educare students: If disadvantaged children enter Educare before their first birthday, they usually are, by the first day of kindergarten, essentially caught up with the national average on tests of basic knowledge and language comprehension, as well as on measures of noncognitive factors like attachment, initiative, and self - control.
They will teach them to control their breathing by responding to verbal commands, which is fantastic for their language skills.
Demonstrators by the hundreds — both those in favor of same - sex marriage and those opposed — jammed the halls of the capital Monday as lawmakers continued to haggle over language that will protect religious institutions and garner enough support in the Republican - controlled Senate for the bill to pass.
Cuomo's 2016 - 17 budget proposal re-ups the $ 400 million TIF in the same form Skelos created it; his budget language was accepted by both Democrats who dominate the Assembly and Republicans who control the State Senate.
Aphasia is a communication disorder caused by damage to parts of the brain that control language, according to the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association.
By couching choices in ambiguous, open - ended language and exploiting the fact that the spectator doesn't know what's coming — assuming they've never seen the trick before — the magician can gently control an apparently free decision from among numerous items.
Sounds entering the right ear are processed by the left side of the brain, which controls speech, language development, and portions of memory.
The results of a study recently published by the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology show that bilingual children are better than monolinguals at a certain type of mental control, and that those children with more practice switching between languages have even greater skills.
Our study suggests that health systems caring for LEP [limited - English proficiency] Latinos with diabetes may also improve glycemic control by facilitating language - concordant care, even if it means switching PCPs [primary care physicians],» the article concludes.
«Handedness and language are controlled by different genetic systems, but there is a weak relationship between the two because both functions originate on the left side of the brain,» he said.
«Prior research studies comparing brain structure in individuals who are deaf and hearing attempted to control for language experience by only focusing on those who grew up using sign language,» explains Olumide Olulade, PhD, the study's lead author and post-doctoral fellow at GUMC.
For instance, if the Water Framework Directive lists EE2 as a priority hazardous substance, under its current language «emissions» of EE2 — and oral birth control by proxy — would need to be phased out within 20 years.
The authors say that their next step will be to look at people who speak a different first language and see if their speech is controlled by the same neural combinations that control American English.
Studies show that giving kids visual reminders of important rules, routines, or schedules enhances learning by fostering an «I can do this» sense of independence and control, not to mention a language - rich environment.
If you think, that when she finally joins you in your country, you can start living your «normal» life again and if you think she is capable enough to find her own way in your (for her) strange country, to find at once a job, to teach herself your language and find by herself new friends and if you think she should be «thankful» that you have «pulled her out» her poor mafia controlled and corrupted country, then don't start even thinking about contacting a Russian woman.
Except as otherwise required by law, the controlling language of this Agreement is English.
Students absorb their chosen culture by studying films and current media in their chosen language and tasting the culture's culinary pleasures in a language - controlled setting in a small town along the Mississippi River.
Jim Wynn: The need to study languages without being controlled by the school clock is the first advantage — learn when you want is crucial for language development.
At Bremerton (Washington) High School, students have taken control of the language they hear in the halls by choosing to hold their tongues.
Yet, much of that work depends on a simple, often unstated, assumption: that the short list of control variables captured in educational data systems — prior achievement, student demographics, English language learner status, eligibility for federally subsidized meals or programs for gifted and special education students — include the relevant factors by which students are sorted to teachers and schools.
They tried to isolate how much any individual teacher adds or detracts by comparing how the students scored on end - of - year tests to how similar students did with other teachers, controlling for a host of such things as test scores in the prior year, gender, suspensions, English language knowledge, and class size.
That method uses a complex statistical formula to attempt to isolate a teacher's effect on student performance by controlling for such factors as poverty and English - language ability.
Teaching methods utilized by the control teachers involved dividing each class into three reading groups by reading level, giving traditional language arts and writing instruction to the whole class, and using workbooks during follow - up time.
IMPACT was designed to control for variables like the class's income level and English - language proficiency, and scores teachers on two major factors: classroom skill, as determined by multiple evaluations, and results, based on students» improvement on standardized tests.
Quantitative analyses indicate that measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics, both before and after controlling for student poverty and language status.
This absurd, unfair and ignorant policy is state law despite the fact that every academic study has shown that standardized test scores are driven primarily by poverty, language barriers and the impact of students with special education challenges... all factors for beyond the control of Connecticut's classroom teachers.
They argue that these scores are influenced by many factors beyond a teacher's control — students» home environments, language abilities, whether they ate breakfast on the morning of a test.
The state's Local Control Funding Formula (LCCF), created in 2013, aims to boost the achievement of disadvantaged students by increasing funding to schools that have more students from low - income families, English language learners and foster youth.
Using an AI platform developed by Nvidia, future VWs will be infused with systems such as facial recognition, gesture recognition, «flawless» voice control using natural language understanding (we'll believe it when we talk to it) and gaze tracking for driver distraction alerts.
An impressive centerpiece: the new touchpad built right into the handrest of the C - Class to provide tablet - style control over important vehicle systems — enhanced by handwriting recognition for all languages and easily recognizable haptic feedback for users.
It also incorporates natural language voice recognition that allows customers to safely place calls, enter destinations, browse media, play music and control other functions simply by telling the vehicle what to do.
The new XF: a dramatic expression of a bold new Jaguar design language, with a driving experience that exceeds expectations created by the striking appearance: relaxed and confident, with outstanding ability and control.
At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback (earlier post), powered by the next - generation SKYACTIV - X spark - controlled compression - ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine (earlier post), SKYACTIV - Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language.
It's an incredibly original story focusing on a world where all magery is controlled by the casting of runes and language.
Although PDF libraries are available for most programming languages, many are commercial or are embedded in GUI applications and not easily controlled by external processes.
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You can resolve this by installing the corresponding language pack from Language Control Panel on your Windows PC.
The standard HO - 4 policy includes language that payment will not be made for losses «[a] rising out of the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance (s) as defined by [the FDA...] include but are not limited to... marijuana and all narcotic drugs.
The new language specifies that a court may enter an order directing the care, custody or control of any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by either party or a minor child residing in the household.
Developed by the hotel's Research & Technology department, the panel allows you to see the weather, set your alarm, handle room controls, TV and audio, and access all guest services in 11 different languages.
And the Controls aren't the only negative with this game; horrible Menu interface, horribly inaccurate use of the Swahili language by the «Majini» (That's «Demons» for all of you that have never set foot on Africa), etc. «Where you ever able to walk and shoot at the same time in any of the RE games?Why would it be any different now, and why are people complaining about it NOW?Why not complain about it way back in RE3 or RE2?»
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