Start date:
October 2012Research Topic:
Jokes/wordplay in the primary curriculum; children’s cognitive/humour/linguistic development and children’s ability to decode different types of verbal ambiguity in joking riddles across KS2Research pathway:
IeithyddiaethResearch Supervisor:
Michelle Aldridge-WaddonSupervising school:
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth, Prifysgol CaerdyddPrimary funding source:
ESRC StudentshipAn investigation into different types of ambiguity used in children’s jokes and into when children understand these different types of ambiguity (using Piaget’s 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 – specifically KS2
E-bost:
BakerG4@cardiff.ac.uk