Comprehension of Generalized Conversational Implicatures by Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluates the comprehension of generalized conversational implicatures (GCI) in children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), using a GCI test constructed based on the Levinson model, which distinguishes between three types of implicatures: type Q (or scalar: "what is not referred to does not occur"); type I ("by default, it is not necessary to say what can be assumed"); and type M ("if someone is expressing something in a not very simple or marked way, it is because s/he is describing a situation that is not very typical, frequent, or prototypical"). In addition to the ASD group (n = 22), two comparison groups were utilized: a group matched on chronological age with the ASD group, but with a higher linguistic age (TCD group, n = 22), and a group matche

SUBMITTER: Pastor-Cerezuela G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859064 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature