A large study of 800 adults shows that pragmatic language skills—the ability to understand sarcasm, indirect requests, tone, ...

In everyday conversation, it's critical to understand not just the words that are spoken, but the context in which they are ...

This may come as a surprise to many parents and teachers that being quirky with words through sarcasm is a sign of a flexible and inventive mind. Sarcasm is the use of words or expressions to mean the ...

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Sarcasm is simple! Yeah, right.

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Adam Schembri works for La Trobe University, and is a member of the Victorian Auslan Training Consortium. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Before we answer that question, it ...