“Mom said it in quotation marks!” Irony comprehension and metapragmatic awareness in 8-year-olds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah GARFINKEL (0000-0002-3755-0263, corresponding author), M Laurens Rowe (0000-0002-0076-4161), Sandra Bosacki (0000-0001-9583-4582, Brock University), Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak (0000-0003-4568-3231, Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 485-508 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000923000399 |
| PMID | 37424067 |
| OpenAlex | W4383710053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 50 |
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
Comprehension · Developmental psychology · Irony · Language development · Linguistics · Sarcasm · Educational Methods and Analysis · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |