French-speaking children's understanding of sarcasm: The role of intonation and context
French-speaking children's understanding of sarcasm: The role of intonation and context
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DOI：
10.1044/1092-4388(2005/042
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Bert-Erboul, A
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作者：
Laval, V;Bert-Erboul, A
本研究的目的是探讨一种形式的讽刺，几乎没有被认为是迄今为止，讽刺的要求，在较早的发展阶段比以往的发展研究。这篇文章专门研究了语调和语境在母语为法语的3至7岁儿童的请求理解中的作用。48名儿童（每组16名）必须完成两个因素不同的故事：语调（讽刺和中性）和上下文（讽刺和中性）。为了最大化两种语调之间的对比，在每个测试话语的末尾添加了相同的表达讽刺的短语。作为一种方法控制，这句话的语调进行了评估，声学（由计算机信号编辑器）和感知（由一组成年参与者）。结果发现，这个实验任务对3岁的孩子来说太难了。然而，这项研究提供了一些非常有趣的信息，关于5岁和7岁儿童对请求的理解。考虑帮助儿童理解讽刺请求的线索的能力在5岁到7岁之间有了相当大的发展：5岁的儿童似乎主要基于语调来解释;直到7岁，儿童才能够考虑上下文。因此，语调似乎是一个更早的线索比上下文的请求理解。
The aim of this study was to examine a form of sarcasm that has hardly been considered to date, sarcastic requests, at an earlier period of development than addressed in past developmental research. This article looked specifically at the role of intonation and context in sarcastic-request understanding by native French-speaking children ages 3 to 7 years. Forty-eight children (16 per group) had to complete stories that varied on 2 factors: intonation (sarcastic and neutral) and context (sarcastic and neutral). To maximize the contrast between the 2 types of intonation, the same phrase expressing sarcasm was added at the end of each test utterance. As a methodological control, the intonation of this phrase was evaluated both acoustically (by a computerized signal editor) and perceptually (by a group of adult participants). it turned out that the experimental task was too difficult for the 3-year-olds. However, this study offers some highly interesting information about sarcastic-request understanding by 5- and 7-year-olds. The ability to take into account cues that help children understand sarcastic requests evolves considerably between the ages of 5 and 7: 5-year-olds appear to primarily base their interpretation on intonation; it is not until they are 7 that children are also able to take context into account. Thus, intonation seems to be an earlier cue than context in sarcastic-request understanding.