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PRONUNCIATION OF NONSENSE SYLLABLE

nonsense syllable play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NONSENSE SYLLABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nonsense syllable is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NONSENSE SYLLABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pseudoword

A pseudoword is a unit of speech or text that appears to be an actual word in a certain language, while in fact it has no meaning in the lexicon. It is a kind of non-lexical vocable.

Definition of nonsense syllable in the English dictionary

The definition of nonsense syllable in the dictionary is a syllable, like bik, having no meaning. Lists of such syllables have been used to investigate memory and learning.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NONSENSE SYLLABLE

nonsectarian
nonsedimentable
nonsegregated
nonsegregation
nonselected
nonselective
nonself
nonsensational
nonsense
nonsense correlation
nonsense verse
nonsense word
nonsensical
nonsensicality
nonsensically
nonsensicalness
nonsensitive
nonsensuous
nonsentence
nonseptate

WORDS THAT END LIKE NONSENSE SYLLABLE

able
articulable
assimilable
available
bailable
calculable
concealable
controllable
in words of one syllable
incalculable
manipulable
peelable
recyclable
refillable
regulable
scalable
semblable
syllable
unavailable
uncontrollable
unsellable

Synonyms and antonyms of nonsense syllable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nonsense syllable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NONSENSE SYLLABLE

Find out the translation of nonsense syllable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nonsense syllable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nonsense syllable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废话音节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sílaba sin sentido
570 millions of speakers

English

nonsense syllable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बकवास शब्दांश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هراء المقطع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бессмысленный слог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

absurdo sílaba
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্থহীন শব্দগুচ্ছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

absurde syllabe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Suku kata tidak masuk akal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sinnlose Silbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナンセンス音節
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의미없는 음절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung syllable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô nghĩa âm tiết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டாள்தனமான அசல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्खपणाचे शब्दलेखन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saçmalık hece
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nonsense sillaba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nonsens sylaby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безглуздий склад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prostii silabă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοησίες συλλαβή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nonsens lettergreep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nonsens stavelsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tull stavelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nonsense syllable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONSENSE SYLLABLE»

The term «nonsense syllable» is used very little and occupies the 192.300 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NONSENSE SYLLABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nonsense syllable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nonsense syllable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nonsense syllable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONSENSE SYLLABLE»

Discover the use of nonsense syllable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nonsense syllable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essentials of Audiology
These assess the ability to distinguish between male and female voices (talker sex) and natural versus monotonous speech (pitch range). Nonsense-Syllable Tests Nonsense-syllable tests use meaningless syllables rather than real words to ...
Stanley A. Gelfand, 2011
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Derived Relational Responding: Applications for Learners ...
Present the training as twenty random trials—ten for each nonsense syllable. A sample data sheet for use in phase 1 is presented in figure 17.3. On each trial, hold up the card in front of the learner. On the first presentation of each, give a vocal ...
Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, 2009
3
PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING&MOTIVATION:V20
This assumption may have been wrong. It is true that a nonsense syllable does not have a unitary symbolic representation in permanent memory. Therefore, a nonsense syllable cannot be processed in memory as a unit when first presented .
Gordon H. Bower, 1986
4
Psychology of Reasoning: Structure and Content
English, or nonsense syllable, sentences. (The Fa and Fn sentences were omitted because of the interaction between syntactic form and truth value discussed in the previous chapter.) The striking point is that the response to the nonsense ...
P. C. Wason, 1972
5
Readings in Machine Learning
The end result of the perception process is an internal representation of the nonsense syllable — a list of internal symbols (I.e., a list of lists of bits) containing descriptive information about the letters of the nonsense syllable. Using Minsky's  ...
Jude W. Shavlik, Thomas Glen Dietterich, 1990
6
Human Motor Control
In the experiment, a numeral and a nonsense syllable were flashed on a screen, with the horizontal positions of the stimuli randomized from trial to trial. The question was which stimulus would be reported. Levy and Reid (1976) assumed that ...
David A. Rosenbaum, 2009
7
Tutorials in Event Related Potential Research: Endogenous ...
No response was required for the nonsense syllable. In Conditon 2 subjects were to indicate whether they viewed a word or a nonsense syllable. Results indicated that the third letter of the trigram elicited larger late positive components ...
W. Ritter, A.W.K. Gaillard, 2000
8
Computational Neuroscience for Advancing Artificial ...
As a simple example of this general type of problem, consider modelling a paired -associate experiment (based on Barnes and Underwood, 1959) in which human subjects are required to learn a list (list 1) of eight nonsense syllable - adjective ...
Eduardo Alonso, 2011
9
Psychology at Iowa: Centennial Essays
Hostile and nonhostile attitudes were learned by subjects through pairing of one nonsense sylla~ ble with hostile words and another nonsense syllable with nonhostile words. Subsequent to this learning task, the subjects were introduced to ...
Joan H. Cantor, 2013
10
Elementary Psychology
A nonsense syllable is a combination of three letters. As we find above, a word also maybe a combination of three letters. But a word has meaning. It stands for some object or idea with which you familiar. A nonsense syllable has no meaning .
S.M. Mohsin, 2001

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONSENSE SYLLABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nonsense syllable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Radio Derb Transcript Posted: Duang Means…?
The nonsense syllable is now part of the Chinese language, and the 408 basic syllables are now 409. And yes, there's a written character, ... «VDARE.com, Mar 15»
2
36 Songs Full of 'La La's, 'Na Na's, and Other Nonsense Syllables
Fortunately for you, we assembled this Music Monday playlist full of the best nonsense syllable passages in popular music. So throw on these ... «Mashable, Jul 14»
3
Does Language Trigger Visual Memories? – Part 2
... had to repeat a nonsense syllable; an arm interference condition, in which subjects tapped a single paradiddle (e.g. LRLLRLRRLRLLRLRR) ... «Brain Blogger, Jul 13»
4
Pre-Game Vibe-Building and Ritual Sacrifice
Scream gibberish toward the heavens, flecks of lamb blood spraying off your lips with every nonsense syllable. Weep. - Wear your favorite ... «Posting and Toasting, Apr 13»
5
Ultimate dog tease tops list of most-viewed UK videos
... clip shows a blockily-animated cat flying through space as it sings an infuriating melody with just one repeated nonsense syllable as its lyrics, ... «First Post, Dec 11»
6
The Singles Bar: Mike Posner, "Looks Like Sex"
And it's not any kind of nonsense syllable or melisma.) This must be some sort of milestone. God knows how it'll get onto the radio, unless it's ... «Popdust, Nov 11»
7
Live: In Praise of tUnE-YaRdS, Who Rendered The Dirty Projectors …
... of course, if you're curious), but onstage she's just stupendous, building incredibly elaborate loops one nonsense syllable or snare crack at a ... «Village Voice, Nov 09»
8
Bilingual Babies Get an Early Edge
Bilingual babies beat out monolingual babies in three such experiments, even when the sound cues changed from nonsense syllable ... «LiveScience.com, Apr 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Nonsense syllable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nonsense-syllable>. Apr 2024 ».
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