Can listeners draw implicatures from schizophrenics?

Are semantic networks of schizophrenic samples intact?

“…It is contended here that although it in no way embraces all language behavior (cf. Buckingham 1982;Chaika 1982;Lecours 1982;Mancuso, Sarbin & Heerdt 1982), the evaluation of performance on tasks using individual words is a vital part of investigating this topic. Second, a reassessment of studies cited in the target article leads to a conclusion about such performance that is opposite to that put forth earlier: Specifically, the present conclusion is that semantic associational hierarchies are not intact among schizophrenic samples (cf.…”