Sentences with phrase «functioning of the language»

This focus on the social functions of language has drawn together literary and social criticism toward something of a convergence on what might be termed ideological criticism, an issue also central to the third methodological movement to be discussed, cultural hermeneutics.

Thus the actual function of language can not be reduced to univocal significations that can be pronounced true or false.

Whitehead's use of assumptions dating back to Descartes and Locke in his account of perception leaves him vulnerable to the criticisms introduced by the revolution in philosophic method taking place at the time he was writing his major works, one in which the analysis of the functioning of language was replacing psychological introspection as the principal method for understanding human thought.

Indeed, by analyzing the positive and negative functions of the languages of religious story, symbol and myth, the fundamental theologian may develop a more «existential» range of experiential evidence complementary to the necessarily conceptual evidence of metaphysics.

Whereas the Niebuhrian generation was concerned that what is said theologically make sense in the intellectual climate shaped by modern thought, the new approach is to recognize that all thought is a function of language, and that all language is culturally specific.

Therefore, preachers who become conscious of the social function of the language of the sermon can use language in such a way as to encourage social effects that are appropriate to the gospel.

In this task, the preacher will be served best by what Martin Heidegger calls the primary function of language: letting be what is through evocative images rather than conceptual structures.1 But we may be moving ahead of ourselves here.

One of the most important functions of language is the giving of names and the assigning of value to persons, events, experiences, objects, and places.

Illustrations are shared abundantly: words spoken at the marriage altar, by the judge passing sentence, in the ceremonies of christening and knighting, to name only a few.18 These examples of dynamistic and creative functions of language are the residue of a primative view of the power of speech before words became impoverished.

This new analogy invites us to place the originary expressions of biblical faith under the sign of the poetic function of language; not to deprive them of any referent, but to put them under the law of split reference that characterizes the poetic function.

Thus there is reference to «Lawrence's increasing disregard of the control of rationally conceived form and his incipient indifference, in the very last poems, to the denotative functions of language» (FVMP 264).

In addition, Whitehead notes that the characteristic functions of language fade into the background as language advances, leaving a suggestion (trace?)

The first theme, the diverse functions of language, reflects a change in outlook among philosophers which was already under way in the 1950's.

Three themes — the diverse functions of language, the role of models and the role of paradigms — combine to support the position of critical realism which the author defends in both science and religion.

These three themes — the diverse functions of language, the role of models and the role of paradigms — combine to support the position of critical realism which I will defend in both science and religion.

The paradox with which we began is now resolved: the expressive power of works of art and their ability to help us comprehend a portion of the world are both functions of the languages of art.

And don't feel silly about talking Motherese or baby talk — babies are particularly attuned to this high - pitched, drawn - out way of communicating that can actually teach your baby about the structure and function of language.

This explanation is associated with many speculative possibilities and proposals for the adaptive function of language, and some (such as Steven Pinker) postulate «mental modules» that compartmentalize linguistic functions.

As you scaffold and teach vocabulary, structure, and function of the language, make sure to assess these skills, too.

The third course, coupled with a fourth course on the special needs of linguistically diverse learners, offered in the second semester, formally introduced the teachers to SFL for language education focusing on the functions of language in linguistic resources for meaning through application.

In a series of works dating from 1979 - 1994, Pope.L explores issues including race and masculinity and the function of language and materiality in his practice.

The exhibition draws on Jakobson's distinctive ideas on the poetic function of language as a departure point for considering forms of expression situated beyond semantic clarity.

In keeping with The Sculpted Word and with her own interest in the forms and functions of language, Huws has been developing a text piece which she will write on the gallery walls.

«Picture - making on themes of failure and longing»: The picturing of human relations and the function of language in the work of Raymond Pettibon,» Artefact: Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians, Issue Four, 2010, pp. 46 - 59.

In 1973 Zorio wrote: «Energy... is the possibility of rendering operative the conscious and unconscious functions of language».

Not exact matches

First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both in economic function and in the language of the statute.»

«So, to be safe, we focus almost entirely on what Aristotle called Logos, which includes the left - brain functions of logic, language, analysis, reasoning, critical thinking, and numbers.»

But there was no improvement in verbal functioning and language schools, other than the ability to order, without a trip of the tongue, that «grande, quad, nonfat, one - pump, no - whip mocha.»

In a second study, published today (June 2) in the Annals of Neurology, Bak set out to determine if the positive effects of bilingualism on cognition could actually be the other way around: that people who have better cognitive functions are more likely to learn foreign languages.

The video shows off the device's camera, search and map functions, as well as a language translator, meaning, yes, we may finally have a real - life Babel fish of sorts.

While this information is often scattered across multiple functions in a company, it's worth pulling together to establish a common language of customer value across functions.

«It has always saddened me that Canada is probably one of the only school systems in the world (or at least the world wealthy enough for full, functioning educational systems) that does not require at least an attempt to learn a second language.»

They are attracted by well - functioning institutions, less red tape, regulatory transparency, the advantages of the English language, and access to investors and open financial markets.

In his part of the keynote, CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg introduced several new functions, including a dating app, another that allows a group to share watching videos in real time, and new ways natural language processing and artificial intelligence will be used in future apps.

The court answered both questions in the affirmative and held that the CFTC can pursue fraud and manipulation claims in virtual currency spot markets.5 First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both in economic function and in the language of the statute.»

After noting the parallel language with respect to the functioning of eternal objects, Leclerc writes: «It should be noted that the term «functioning» in neither case implies «agency» on the part of the entity functioning.

Closely connected with this point is another: my sensitivity developed as to the functions of religious language that are not open to definitive proof or falsification, but nevertheless indicate in symbolic form the presence of the ultimate.

In the language of mathematical logic, at least as it was current in Whitehead's day, a proposition is produced from a propositional function by substituting a name as value for the variable in the argument position of the function, or by quantifying over a range of such values.

Apparently the basic reason for the change in tone and language is that the function of providing limitation to ensure order and value could be assigned only to an actual entity.

Thus if, in keeping with a process analysis of language - function, both the confession and the metaphysical assumption are to be taken with full seriousness, the meaning or point of the confessional element must be sought on the imagistic, rather than the univocal, level.

For both Sullivan and Whitehead, language takes on the role that it does precisely because of its social function in mediating forms of interpersonal expression.

The phenomena are described through classical language, but instead of using classical calculus to predict from one phenomenon to the next, we replace the classical calculus with the quantum algorithm — wave functions, matrices, and so on.

The work of the left hemisphere is primarily logical thinking, language ability and mathematical functioning.

Here, according to Sullivan, language functions to protect the self - system by concealing and distorting the perception of reality in order that anxiety may be minimized.

Or we have tried to show that it had at least a function, perhaps that of marking the limits of language.

Since the Bible is written in androcentric, grammatically masculine language that can function as generic inclusive or as patriarchal exclusive language, feminist interpretation must develop a hermeneutics of critical evaluation for proclamation that is able to assess theologically whether scriptural texts function to inculcate patriarchal values, or whether they must be read against their linguistic «androcentric grain» in order to set free their liberating vision for today and for the future.

That contention is that literacy is a function of a national culture — a point he seeks to demonstrate by citing relationships between foreign languages and the cultures they serve.

As it becomes aware of the specific form in which ultimate human problems present themselves in our own time, the ministry, and therewith the schools that prepare men for it, begin to understand more sharply what the pastoral function is, in what language the gospel speaks to this need, and what form the Church must take in serving such men in such a time.

Human language draws its function from this efficacy and power of the Word of God, except that human language does not have the same degree of efficacy and power: it can convey falsehood as well as truth.

He devoted profound and penetrating thought to the nature of speech, to the structure of language, to its psychological and sociological problems, to its typology and its function in the development of human civilization.