Baker, Giulia

Start date:
October 2012
Research 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 KS2
Research pathway:
Research Supervisor:
Michelle Aldridge-Waddon
Supervising school:
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth,
Primary funding source:
ESRC Studentship

An 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