A Study of Humour and Communicative Intention Following Right Hemisphere Stroke

Autor/inn/en	Cheang, Henry S.; Pell, Marc D.
Titel	A Study of Humour and Communicative Intention Following Right Hemisphere Stroke
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 20 (2006) 6, S.447-462 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
Schlagwörter	Humor; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Neurological Impairments; Comprehension; Pragmatics; Interpersonal Communication; Language Processing; Communication Skills; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humoristische Darstellung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Pragmalinguistik; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Sprachverarbeitung; Kommunikationsstil; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	This research provides further data regarding non-literal language comprehension following right hemisphere damage (RHD). To assess the impact of RHD on the processing of non-literal language, ten participants presenting with RHD and ten matched healthy control participants were administered tasks tapping humour appreciation and pragmatic interpretation of non-literal language. Although the RHD participants exhibited a relatively intact ability to interpret humour from jokes, their use of pragmatic knowledge about interpersonal relationships in discourse was significantly reduced, leading to abnormalities in their understanding of communicative intentions (CI). Results imply that explicitly detailing CI in discourse facilitates RHD participants' comprehension of non-literal language. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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