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Peer reviewedSanders, Danielle M. – Sign Language Studies, 1986
Describes a study that analyzed and described humorous productions of deaf children and the reaction of other deaf children to those productions. One finding was that primarily verbal humor was appreciated more by older children with hearing parents; humor characterized by sign complexity, by children with deaf parents. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Deafness, Humor
Peer reviewedEdelsky, Carole; And Others – Written Communication, 1986
Presents a brief report of a study along with an extensive criticism of this and other studies that use contrived tasks for investigating children's humor and writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Grade 4, Humor
Geller, Linda Gibson – 1981
Noting that while laboratory investigations of recordings of children's spontaneous verbal creations or repetitions of traditional forms in their natural play habitats have indicated that they do engage in systematic explorations of language structures in their play, this paper points out that there have been no investigations of whether such…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication
