Publications

Publication details [#52493]

Kreuz, Roger, Kristen E. Link, Megan L. Dress and Gina M. Caucci. 2008. Regional Variation in the Use of Sarcasm. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 27 (1) : 71–85.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | geography | irony | sarcasm | variability

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Drawing on data from New York and Tennessee College students, this comparative study shows clear regional differences in the use of sarcasm and discusses possible causes of these differences.