Start date:
October 2012Research Topic:
Jokes/wordplay in the primary curriculum; childrenās cognitive/humour/linguistic development and childrenās ability to decode different types of verbal ambiguity in joking riddles across KS2Research pathway:
LinguisticsResearch Supervisor:
Michelle Aldridge-WaddonSupervising school:
School of English, Communication & Philosophy, Cardiff UniversityPrimary funding source:
ESRC StudentshipAn investigation into different types of ambiguity used in childrenās jokes and into when children understand these different types of ambiguity (using Piagetās framework of cognitive development and an Incongruity Resolution theory of humour). Findings from the study are aimed at informing content planning and implementation of developmentally appropriate jokes in the primary curriculum ā specifically KS2
Email:
BakerG4@cardiff.ac.uk