Example sentences of "[to-vb] about language " in BNC.
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| 1 | starting from statements about what it is important for children to know about language : e.g. its uses in literature , language variation , bilingualism , language change , ambiguities and problems in communication , the writing system , etc. ; |
| 2 | In the process , they must be able to demonstrate precisely what teachers need to know about language and why they need to know it . |
| 3 | What does the practising teacher of , say , science or history need to know about language , in order to bring about improvements in the classroom and cope with problems that arise there ? |
| 4 | it is usually easier to talk about language , than to write about it ; |
| 5 | The report recommends that children should learn to write clearly and accurately in Standard English , and argues that they can be helped in this by learning to use descriptive technical terms to talk about language . |
| 6 | Peter , would you like to talk about language register in tabloids and broadsheets ? |
| 7 | One of the problems of opposing what deconstruction has had to say about language is that , according to deconstructionists like Miller and de Man , to do so is to oppose language itself . |