"That's Really Clever!" Ironic Hyperbole Understanding in Children

Autor/inn/en	Aguert, Marc; Le Vallois, Coralie; Martel, Karine; Laval, Virginie
Titel	"That's Really Clever!" Ironic Hyperbole Understanding in Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 45 (2018) 1, S.260-272 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aguert, Marc)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000917000113
Schlagwörter	Child Language; Language Acquisition; Language Processing; Figurative Language; Children; Age Differences; Cartoons; Criticism; Beliefs; Prediction; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sprachverarbeitung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Zeichentrickfilm; Kritik; Belief; Glaube; Vorhersage
Abstract	Hyperbole supports irony comprehension in adults by heightening the contrast between what is said and the actual situation. Because young children do not perceive the communication situation as a whole, but rather give precedence to either the utterance or the context, we predicted that hyperbole would reduce irony comprehension in six-year-olds (n = 40) by overemphasizing what was said. By contrast, ten-year-olds (n = 40) would beneft from hyperbole in the way that adults do, as they would perceive the utterance and context as a whole, highlighted by the speaker's ironic intent. Short animated cartoons featuring ironic criticisms were shown to participants. We assessed comprehension of the speaker's belief and speaker's intent. Results supported our predictions. The development of mentalization during school years and its impact on the development of irony comprehension is discussed. (As Provided).
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