alternative theory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeandtheory
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθɪə.ri/us/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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This article offers analternativetheory.
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The main question is: is there a betteralternativetheory?
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But what i about thealternativetheory, which speaks of three levels of time?
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I shall label thisalternativetheorythe merit theory of the atonement.
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This is but an example and by no means a definitive statement of analternativetheory.
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One theory may have some virtues, but analternativetheorymay also have other virtues.
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The other way is to construct some kind ofalternativetheoryof order.
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Analternativetheoryattributes such difficulties to lower level problems with speech perception or deficits in phonological working memory.
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There is, however, analternativetheorythat may explain the outcomes of the three cases he does examine.
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Thealternativetheory, that the brain is left unchanged after a night's sleep, is unacceptable on its face.
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For its part, the defense may (but is not obliged to) present analternativetheoryof the events associated with the crime.
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The finalalternativetheoryconsidered here is a ' representational ' theory in which stress cannot refer to sonority, but only to structural distinctions.
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If this is correct, it follows that the distinction between choice and consent provides the basis for analternativetheoryof social evaluation.
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So construed, there is noalternativetheorywhich explains the data as well as a model predicting a beginning to physical space and time.
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To introduce ouralternativetheory, we set it in the context of continuing debates and competing theories within the "theory of mind" tradition (sect. 2).
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As soon as he has formulated analternativetheory, we will be delighted to conduct studies to evaluate the fruitfulness of its predictions against those of our theory.
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Ultimately, however, the complexity of image and topos in each of these sub-categories is such that analternativetheoryof genre is needed to account for it.
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Secondly, we will outline analternativetheorybased on the principle that children construct their understanding of syntactic structure from an integrated view of semantic and syntactic variables.
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He asked me about the possibility of contaminated feed being a route of transmission—analternativetheoryto maternal transmission.
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However, it developed analternativetheoryof value and distribution.
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Analternativetheoryproposes a split in more ancient times.
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She developed analternativetheoryof moral reasoning based on the ethics of caring.
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Analternativetheorysays that the land was leased from the archdeacon.
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However, analternativetheory, involving accidental colonisation as a result of tsunamis, has recently been proposed.
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More recently, analternativetheoryhas been advanced that advocates considerable material movement in certain locations.
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