Joan Kaplan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6212903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Kaplan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaplan |
| SIGNATURE | KAPLAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding Versus Discriminating Nonliteral Utterances
According to Olson (1988), full comprehension of nonliteral language must include the recognition of the implied meaning of the utterance and an awareness that there are two distinct levels of meaning—what is said and what is meant. Three experiments were performed to investigate children's comprehension of nonliteral language and their awareness of the say-mean distinction in such language. In Experiment 1, children heard irony modeled and were …
Why not say it directly? The social functions of irony
In three experiments, we investigated the social payoffs of speaking ironically. In Experiment 1, participants rated videotaped ironic remarks (criticisms and compliments) as funnier than literal remarks, but no more or less status enhancing. In Experiment 2, participants listened to audiotaped ironic criticisms and compliments. Ironic compliments were rated as more insulting than literal compliments, but ironic criticisms were found to be less i…
Why not say it directly? The social functions of irony
In three experiments, we investigated the social payoffs of speaking ironically. In Experiment 1, participants rated videotaped ironic remarks (criticisms and compliments) as funnier than literal remarks, but no more or less status enhancing. In Experiment 2, participants listened to audiotaped ironic criticisms and compliments. Ironic compliments were rated as more insulting than literal compliments, but ironic criticisms were found to be less i…
Understanding Versus Discriminating Nonliteral Utterances
According to Olson (1988), full comprehension of nonliteral language must include the recognition of the implied meaning of the utterance and an awareness that there are two distinct levels of meaning—what is said and what is meant. Three experiments were performed to investigate children's comprehension of nonliteral language and their awareness of the say-mean distinction in such language. In Experiment 1, children heard irony modeled and were …
Why not say it directly? The social functions of irony
In three experiments, we investigated the social payoffs of speaking ironically. In Experiment 1, participants rated videotaped ironic remarks (criticisms and compliments) as funnier than literal remarks, but no more or less status enhancing. In Experiment 2, participants listened to audiotaped ironic criticisms and compliments. Ironic compliments were rated as more insulting than literal compliments, but ironic criticisms were found to be less i…
Irony (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literal and figurative language (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Utterance (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Child and Animal Learning Development (1 work)