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ArticlePloS one2020

"Wonderful! We've just missed the bus." - Parental use of irony and children's irony comprehension.

Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak, Sandra Bosacki, Anna Mitrowska, Diana Wyrębek Walters, Katarzyna Wisiecka, Natalia Ewelina Copeland, Lara Wieland, Ljiljana Popovic, Jovana Piper, Aleksandra Siemieniuk

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Irony Comprehension in Monolingual and Bilingual Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  2. Affective Theory of Mind and linguistic intimacy in irony production: a developmental perspective.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  3. Pragmatics and Theory of Mind across cultures.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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Natalia Banasik-JemielniakInstitute of Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4568-3231
Sandra BosackiDepartment of Educational Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada.
Anna MitrowskaFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Diana Wyrębek WaltersFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Katarzyna WisieckaFaculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
Natalia Ewelina CopelandFaculty of "Artes Liberales", University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Lara WielandEinstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ljiljana PopovicFaculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Jovana PiperFaculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Aleksandra SiemieniukFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

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Abstract

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 comprehension test with those with lower scores. The full sample included 46 families from Poland. Results show positive associations between children's levels of irony comprehension and levels of mothers irony use. No such relations were found for fathers. No differences were found in ToM scores between proficient and non-proficient irony comprehenders. Our findings provide a base for future studies to study the use of irony in child-parent talk in more diverse culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

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Language DevelopmentLinguisticsParent-Child RelationsParentingWit and Humor as TopicAdultChildCommunicationComprehensionFemaleHumansMalePsychology, ChildPsychometricsSocial SkillsSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMCPMC7034895

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