This commentary expresses concerns about the validity of the results of Abrahamsen's study of “Linguistic humor comprehension in children with articulation impairments” (2004). Some of the problems noted included overlapping of lexical and phonological humor categories, the nature and placement of several of the stimulus items, lack of demonstrated equivalent difficulty of the stimuli presented to each group, and limited analysis of other factors that may have affected children's responses.
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