Comprehension of figurative language in Taiwanese children with autism: The role of theory of mind and receptive vocabulary
| Autor: | Su-Fen Huang, Aiko Taguchi, Manabu Oi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Linguistics and Language Autism Spectrum Disorder Metaphor media_common.quotation_subject Taiwan Theory of Mind Vocabulary Literal and figurative language Language and Linguistics Speech and Hearing Theory of mind medicine Humans Language Development Disorders Child Language media_common Receptive vocabulary Language Tests Sarcasm medicine.disease Irony Comprehension Speech Perception Autism Female Psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 29:764-775 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5076 0269-9206 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/02699206.2015.1027833 |
| Popis: | First-order theory of mind (ToM) is necessary for comprehension of metaphors, and second-order ToM is necessary for comprehension of irony. This study investigated the role of ToM and language ability in comprehending figurative language in 50 Taiwanese children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASDs) compared with 50 typically developing children. Results showed that the No-ToM HFASDs group performed worse than the first-order ToM HFASDs group and the second-order ToM HFASDs group in comprehension of metaphors, irony, sarcasm and indirect reproach, but not for indirect request. Receptive vocabulary correlated only with metaphor comprehension. The volatility of results seen among studies in terms of the relationship between ToM and figurative language comprehension is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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