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Joke Learning

Joke Learning is a theoretical framework within cognitive developmental linguistics that systematically delineates the acquisition and comprehension of humorous incongruities in children through structured exposure, internalization, and recursive application of joke structures.

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32

Authors

13

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2017–2026

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Publications

20

How English-learners joke with native speakers: an interactional sociolinguistic perspective on humor as collaborative discourse across cultures

Catherine Davies · Journal of Pragmatics · 2003 · 259 citations

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On the cognitive aspects of the joke

Rachel Giora · Journal of Pragmatics · 1991 · 196 citations

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Hemispheric asymmetries and joke comprehension

Seana Coulson, Robert F. Williams · Neuropsychologia · 2004 · 159 citations

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Handedness, hemispheric asymmetries, and joke comprehension

Seana Coulson, Christopher Lovett · Cognitive Brain Research · 2004 · 97 citations

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Do the wrong thing: How toddlers tell a joke from a mistake

Elena Hoicka, Merideth Gattis · Cognitive Development · 2007 · 77 citations

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Authors

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  1. AW
    Annalu Waller

    University of Dundee, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  2. DM
    David M. Brodzinsky

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  3. HP
    Helen Pain

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  4. DO
    Dave O’Mara

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  5. GR
    Graéme Ritchie

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 76 citations

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Institutions

13

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    512 citations

  3. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    154 citations

  4. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  5. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  6. Universidad de Sevilla

    Seville, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Universidad del Valle

    Santiago de Cali, Colombia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Dundee

    Dundee, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    174 citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    4 publications · 114 citations

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  2. Journal of Pragmatics

    2 publications · 455 citations

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  3. Neuropsychologia

    1 publications · 159 citations

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  4. Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics

    Conference · 1 publications · 54 citations

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  5. Cognitive Development

    1 publications · 77 citations

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