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SUBMITTER: Banasik-Jemielniak N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7034895 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Banasik-Jemielniak Natalia N Bosacki Sandra S Mitrowska Anna A Wyrębek Walters Diana D Wisiecka Katarzyna K Copeland Natalia Ewelina NE Wieland Lara L Popovic Ljiljana L Piper Jovana J Siemieniuk Aleksandra A
PloS one 20200221 2
Irony is one of the linguistic means in which intended and expressed meaning diverge. It serves social-communicative functions, requires the understanding of the speaker's mental state and its comprehension takes place at an advanced stage of language acquisition. In the present study, we investigated 8-year old's irony comprehension and social skills and asked their parents about their preferred use of irony towards their children. We then compared children with the highest scores in irony comp ...[more]