Hoicka, E. (2014) Humor. In: Brooks, P.J. and Kempe, V., (eds.) Encyclopedia of language development. Sage Reference , Los Angeles , 269- 272. ISBN 9781452258768
Abstract
Humor is relevant in language development for several reasons. Humor is communicative in nature, as humor is almost always shared. Humor can serve as an introduction to pragmatics as humor has both a literal and intended meaning. Children’s sense of humor reflects their level of language development as one can only understand jokes in relation to mastered concepts. It is thus not surprising that children with communication and language disorders often show humor deficits. Finally, humor may be useful in encouraging language development.
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| Keywords: | Autism and language development; Joint attention, shared activity, and cooperation in language development; Metaphor (development of); Non-literal language use (development of); Parental responsiveness and scaffolding of language development; Play and its role in language development; Pragmatic development; Theory of mind and language development |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2015 14:22 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2015 14:22 |
| Published Version: | https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/encyclopedia-of-l... |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Sage Reference |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86676 |
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