Using Shared Knowledge to Determine Ironic Intent; a Conversational Response Paradigm

Autor/inn/en	Zajaczkowska, Maria; Abbot-Smith, Kirsten; Kim, Christina S.
Titel	Using Shared Knowledge to Determine Ironic Intent; a Conversational Response Paradigm
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 47 (2020) 6, S.1170-1188 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zajaczkowska, Maria) ORCID (Abbot-Smith, Kirsten) ORCID (Kim, Christina S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000920000045
Schlagwörter	Figurative Language; Task Analysis; Children; Language Acquisition; Cognitive Processes; Language Processing; Knowledge Level; Language Usage; Intention; Interpersonal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufgabenanalyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Sprachverarbeitung; Wissensbasis; Sprachgebrauch; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Mentalising has long been suggested to play an important role in irony interpretation. We hypothesised that another important cognitive underpinning of irony interpretation is likely to be children's capacity for mental set switching -- the ability to switch flexibly between different approaches to the same task. We experimentally manipulated mentalising and set switching to investigate their effects on the ability of 7-year-olds to determine if an utterance is intended ironically or literally. The component of mentalising examined was whether the speaker and listener shared requisite knowledge. We developed a paradigm in which children had to select how a listener might reply, depending on whether the listener shared knowledge needed to interpret the utterance as ironic. Our manipulation of requisite set switching found null results. However, we are the first to show experimentally that children as young as seven years use mentalising to determine whether an utterance is intended ironically or literally. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01