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Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P. – Child Development, 1982
Examines whether young children and adults are able to interpret sarcastic utterances and whether placements of contextual information before or after the utterance differentially affect interpretation. Results obtained from first and third graders and from college students indicated that different placements of contextual information do affect…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Communication Skills
