"Mom said it in quotation marks!" Irony comprehension and metapragmatic awareness in 8-year-olds.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read More Add to Saved list
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Cambridge Univ. Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0425743 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1469-7602 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03050009 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Child Lang Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London, New York, Cambridge Univ. Press.
    • Subject Terms:
      Comprehension*; Humans ; Child ; Female ; Male ; Child, Preschool ; Child Language ; Language Development ; Awareness
    • Abstract:
      This study investigated links between the development of children's understanding of ironic comments and their metapragmatic knowledge. Forty-six 8-year-olds completed the short version of the Irony Comprehension Task, during which they were presented with ironic comments in three stories and asked to provide reasons for why the speaker in a story uttered an ironic comment. We coded their responses and compared the results to similar data collected previously with 5-year-olds. Results showed that compared to younger children, 8-year-olds frequently refer to interlocutors' emotions, intentions, and to metapragmatics. These results support the view that comprehension of verbal irony is an emerging skill in children.
    • Grant Information:
      PPN/BEK/2019/1/00233 Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: irony comprehension; pragmatic skills; verbal irony
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230710 Date Completed: 20240426 Latest Revision: 20240426
    • Publication Date:
      20240426
    • Accession Number:
      10.1017/S0305000923000399
    • Accession Number:
      37424067