Sentence examples for the setup question from inspiring English sources

This stage performs an initial analysis based on the associative relationships between the setup question and the punch line.

In contrast, funny punch lines evoke the smallest N400m during this initial lexical semantic stage, consistent with their primed "surface congruity" with the setup question.

For instance, the setup question "During a thunderstorm at a concert, who is most likely to be struck by lightning?" primes the dominant meaning of the punch line "the conductor," resulting in an attenuated N400m.

At the same time, the left, and especially the right, lateral prefrontal areas may be engaged in resolving the ambiguity by considering possible alternative meanings and reintegrating the punch line with the contextual constraints imposed by the setup question.

In The World's Funnyman, as in every other show, they shout "Why?" or "What?" in answer to the setup questions, and join in with his catchphrase: "But that's my life!" Hamburger calls them "assholes" when they don't laugh, and hurls "candy" from his pockets at them when they do.

Run Portable Firefox once and answer the setup questions.

An astronut").. Consistent with its general role in conflict detection (Bush, Luu, & Posner, 2000), anterior frontomedial cortex may be involved in monitoring for potential ambiguity between the initially derived meaning of the punch line and the preceding setup question (Kolk & Chwilla, 2007).

This suggests that the reduced N400m to funny punch lines may be due to the "surface congruity" with the preceding setup question at this initial semantic and contextual processing stage, as discussed further below.

We hypothesized that the activity subsequent to N400m, potentially analogous to the P600, would be largest to funny punch lines as their ambiguous meaning was resolved and integrated with the preceding setup question.

Because humor appreciation relies on resolving ambiguities and establishing coherence with the preceding joke setup question, funny punch lines were used to probe the resolution/coherence stage.

Jokes often take the form of a setup question, followed after a short delay by a punch line: for instance, "What do you get when you cross a parrot with a centipede?" A brief suspenseful pause allows the audience to imagine the issue of this unlikely match.