This essay discusses the article "How Children Understand Sarcasm: The Role of Context and Intonation," by Carol Caelli, Noreen Nakagawa, and Cary Madden. The authors analyze the cues that children pick up on to understand sarcasm. The authors conduct two experiments on children in this regard. In our examination of the independent and dependent variables in this context, we find that children rely on intonation, and not on contextual meaning, to recognize sarcasm. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
