Discourse analysis in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Villiers, Jessica de

doi:10.1558/lhs.2005.1.2.245

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“…However, their study also shows that these children do use cohesive devices, like pronouns, whose reference is to be found either in the surrounding discourse or in the exterior context. Likewise, persons with high‐functioning autism and with Asperger syndrome employ cohesive markers; the way they are used, however, is not tuned to the interlocutor's needs, nor to the flow of the conversation (Fine et al , 1994; de Villiers, 2005; see also Capps et al , 1998). Such data are fully compatible with the view defended here.…”

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Pragmatics, Cognitive Flexibility and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Kissine

2012

Mind & Language

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Pragmatic deficits of persons with autism spectrum disorders [ASDs] are often traced back to a dysfunction in Theory of Mind. However, the exact nature of the link between pragmatics and mindreading in autism is unclear. Pragmatic deficits in ASDs are not homogenous: in particular, while inter-subjective dimensions are affected, some other pragmatic capacities seem to be relatively preserved. Moreover, failure on classical false-belief tasks stems from executive problems that go beyond belief attribution; false-belief tasks require taking an alternative perspective on the reality. While this capacity is functional in typically developing young children, it is impaired in ASDs. Typically developing children are capable of taking their interlocutor's perspective into account when communicating, whereas poor cognitive flexibility makes it difficult for persons with ASDs to grasp the inter-subjective character of communicative stimuli. This analysis predicts that those pragmatic processes that amount to merely taking into account salient contextual facts during utterance interpretation, without necessarily adopting the interlocutor's perspective, may be preserved in ASDs.

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Pragmatics, Cognitive Flexibility and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Kissine

2012

Mind & Language

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“…Narrative is classified within pragmatics as a branch of linguistics that recognizes the role of context and inferred intention. The analysis of narrative discourse is considered a valid method for analyzing pragmatic skill because the analysis moves beyond the sentential level and provides a functional evaluation of social communication and cognition (De Villiers, 2005; Van Dijk, 2011). Delivery of a successful narrative requires the ability to (a) organize one’s thoughts and experiences using causal-explanatory relationships (Peterson & McCabe, 1983); (b) understand one’s own social, cultural, and emotional perspectives and that of others in a variety of contexts (Bruner, 1986); (c) evaluate what information is needed by the listener to form a shared frame of reference; (d) monitor and adjust the style and content of the interaction based on the listener’s reactions; and (e) integrate all of these tasks to produce a cohesive and compelling account or exchange (Karmiloff-Smith, 1985; Peterson & McCabe, 1983).…”

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Narrative Skills in Young Adults With High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Rollins¹

2014

Communication Disorders Quarterly

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In this study, the author investigated narrative performances of 10 high-functioning young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) across personal and storybook narratives. Narratives were elicited with genre-specific procedures and then transcribed and scored using the narrative scoring scheme (NSS). One-tailed paired-sample t tests were conducted on four variables, for which the standard mean difference between the genres (NSS Total Score, Introduction, Conclusion, and Mental States) was large. To avoid inflating Type I error, an alpha of .012 was set. Results indicated that, on average, high-functioning adults with ASD had poorer quality personal narratives for NSS Total Score, Mental States, and Conclusion. This suggests that many high-functioning adults with ASD have difficulty in expressing how they feel and often neglect to conclude and make sense of their experiences in a social context. Telling personal narratives is an important skill for high-functioning adults with ASD because narratives support social interaction and relationships.

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From Utterances to Speech Acts

Kissine

2013

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Most of the time our utterances are automatically interpreted as speech acts: as assertions, conjectures and testimonies; as orders, requests and pleas; as threats, offers and promises. Surprisingly, the cognitive correlates of this essential component of human communication have received little attention. This book fills the gap by providing a model of the psychological processes involved in interpreting and understanding speech acts. The theory is framed in naturalistic terms and is supported by data on language development and on autism spectrum disorders. Mikhail Kissine does not presuppose any specific background and addresses a crucial pragmatic phenomenon from an interdisciplinary perspective. This is a valuable resource for academic researchers and graduate and undergraduate students in pragmatics, semantics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics and philosophy of language.

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Discourse analysis in Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Pragmatics, Cognitive Flexibility and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Pragmatics, Cognitive Flexibility and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Narrative Skills in Young Adults With High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

From Utterances to Speech Acts

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