How do you use Hymes in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Hymes in a sentence
Using Hymes
- In the example corpus, hymes often appears in combinations such as: hymes hymes.
Context around Hymes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hymes
- In this selection, "hymes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kaleb, clare, virginia, 1974, 2003 and studied stand out and add context to how "hymes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and clare hymes contributed to and hymes 1974 pp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hymes" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hymes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He responded to Hymes' school experiences rather disappointed. (8 words)
American Anthropologist, 66(3), part 2. * Hymes, D. (Ed.). (9 words)
His spouse, Virginia Hymes, is also a sociolinguist and folklorist. (10 words)
Kaleb Hymes bent backward for a back-breaking, over-the-shoulder grab and 68-yard score, and Josh White burst through the Rockets’ front line for a 5-yard touchdown run. (31 words)
Hymes (1974), pp.54 and 56. At the family reunion, an aunt might tell a story to the young female relatives, but males, although not addressed, might also hear the narrative. (31 words)
Hymes considers literary critic Kenneth Burke his biggest influence on this latter work, saying, “My sense of what I do probably owes more to KB than to anyone else”. (29 words)
Example sentences (15)
Hymes (2003), p.x. Hymes studied with Burke in the 1950s.
He responded to Hymes' school experiences rather disappointed.
Kaleb Hymes bent backward for a back-breaking, over-the-shoulder grab and 68-yard score, and Josh White burst through the Rockets’ front line for a 5-yard touchdown run.
CBS News' Paula Reid and Clare Hymes contributed to this report.
American Anthropologist, 66(3), part 2. * Hymes, D. (Ed.).
His spouse, Virginia Hymes, is also a sociolinguist and folklorist.
Hymes (1974), pp.54 and 56. At the family reunion, an aunt might tell a story to the young female relatives, but males, although not addressed, might also hear the narrative.
Hymes' career can be divided into at least two phases.
Hymes considers literary critic Kenneth Burke his biggest influence on this latter work, saying, “My sense of what I do probably owes more to KB than to anyone else”.
Hymes formulated a response to Noam Chomsky 's influential distinction between competence (knowledge of grammatical rules necessary to decoding and producing language) and performance (actual language use in context).
Hymes' later work focuses on poetics, particularly the poetic organization of Native American oral narratives.
Hymes was the founding editor for the journal Language in Society, which he edited for 22 years.
In 1972 Hymes founded the journal Language in Society and served as its editor for 22 years.
Key Clues that establish the "tone, manner, or spirit" of the speech act. Hymes (1974), p.57.
The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period (1990) * Hymes, Robert, and Conrad Schirokauer, eds.
Common combinations with hymes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: