APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Communicative Functions of Adolescents’ Use of Verbal Irony with Siblings and Friends
- Meaghan Barry
SUNY Geneseo - Lilliana Proe
SUNY Geneseo - Sabrina Saleta
SUNY Geneseo - Wilson Mei
SUNY Geneseo - Allison Yarri
SUNY Geneseo - Elyse Fuerst
SUNY Geneseo - Valerie Carter
SUNY Geneseo - Ganie B. DeHart
SUNY Geneseo
Abstract
As part of a longitudinal study, we examined communicative functions of two forms of verbal irony (sarcasm and jocularity) in adolescents’ sibling and friend interactions. Both gender and interaction partner played a role in the communicative functions for which sarcasm and jocularity were used.
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