Sentence examples for linguistic ingenuity from inspiring English sources
The body of his work branches outwards by way of a linguistic ingenuity that at times can only be described as eccentric: "Canedolia", for example, uses Scottish place names to create "an off-concrete fantasia": who saw? rhu saw rum.
The academy cited Mr. Gao for his "bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity" in his writings about the struggle for individuality in mass culture, including the lyrical novel "Soul Mountain," based on his 10-month walking tour in China's countryside.
Playing with language is often one of the few ways to challenge an oppressive political system, and the pointed humor behind the linguistic ingenuity can create strong bonds of solidarity.
More generally, the claim that female responses to misogyny are sensational or aggressive lie in tension with the linguistic ingenuity frequently wielded to assert that misogynist emails or rape jokes are "banter", "not intended to harm", or "exaggeration".
In dramatizing the story of Ho's interaction with the O.S.S. and the political maneuvering among the French, the Japanese, the Chinese and the Americans that took place when the war ended, he emphasizes clarity and fact-dispensing and mostly leaves his usual dramatic obscurity and linguistic ingenuity behind.
In making the award to the 60-year-old Mr. Gao, who lives outside Paris, the academy said he had produced "an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama".
And although about 10 times as many books get translated out of English than into it – we are an insular linguistic community – we must salute the ingenuity of the translator's art.
So, in every country, use of SMS requires ingenious linguistic compression.Not many countries need ingenuity as much as Japan: kanji characters each need twice as much capacity as the roman alphabet.
But as the linguistic jokes and word-association games keep raining down, exhilaration at her verbal ingenuity gradually gives way to a numbing sense that beneath the lustrous veneer lies an emotional and dramatic void.
