Sentence examples for incongruous language from inspiring English sources
Travesty is a crude form of burlesque in which the original subject matter is changed little but is transformed into something ridiculous through incongruous language and style.
Language ERP analyses indicate that semantically incongruous words are processed independently of the subject's attention thus arguing for automatic semantic processing.
In the language part, French sentences ending with tri-syllabic congruous or incongruous words, metrically modified or not, were made.
Consistently, another study [ 28] found that the N1 and N400 components to semantically incongruous words had slower latencies in simultaneous interpreters (mastering up to 5 8 languages) than in age-matched monolingual controls.
Both music and language targets incongruous to the preceding affective context elicited an increased N400, a classic indicator of semantic processing [11], [12].
If a person is claiming to be a native speaker, there may be occasional language oddities or incongruous phrasing that can alert you to this person not being a native speaker but trying to hide this fact.
The English-language abbreviation, an incongruous sight in this most xenophobic of countries, now turns up in everything from wall posters to children's songs.
Others include the overwhelmingly English-language dialogue, an incongruous soundtrack featuring Tom Waits, and a generally earnest, reverential tone that never quite rings true.
Their words were incongruous on the air.
The fact that both actors turn in deep, thoughtful performances makes the language problem all the more incongruous.
Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) elicited by words (either congruous or incongruous with the previous picture context) and pseudo-words are investigated in 20-month-old toddlers (N = 20) and compared to those elicited in a sample of adults (N = 20), reflecting the final and efficient system, and a sample of toddlers at familial risk for language and learning impairment (LLI, N = 15).
