Elena Hoicka
List of John Benjamins publications in which Elena Hoicka is involved.
Articles
2016 Understanding of humorous intentions: A developmental approach Metapragmatics of Humor: Current research trends, Ruiz-Gurillo, Leonor (ed.), pp. 257–272 | Article
This paper demonstrates that children understand humor from an intentional perspective as young as 2 years. This is interesting from two vantage points. First, the research shows that children understand both humor and intentions separately before understanding humorous intentions, suggesting these… read more
2014 The Pragmatic Development of Humor Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition, Matthews, Danielle (ed.), pp. 219–238 | Article
Humor development is underpinned by children’s pragmatic abilities. This chapter will highlight the link between humor and pragmatics, demonstrating that understanding contexts and intentions is often key to interpreting humor. It will also discuss different theories of humor processing, including… read more