Strange Words: Autistic Traits and the Processing of Non-Literal Language
| Autor: | Peter Edward McKenna, Martin Corley, Alexandra Glass, Gnanathusharan Rajendran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Time Factors Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder media_common.quotation_subject Literal and figurative language Developmental psychology Young Adult Reading (process) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans media_common Language Metonymy Anaphora (linguistics) medicine.disease Comprehension Reading Autism spectrum disorder Autism Female Psychology Neurotypical Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 45(11) |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 |
| Popis: | Previous investigations into metonymy comprehension in ASD have confounded metonymy with anaphora, and outcome with process. Here we show how these confounds may be avoided, using data from non-diagnosed participants classified using Autism Quotient. Participants read sentences containing target words with novel or established metonymic senses (e.g., Finland, Vietnam) in literal- or figurative-supporting contexts. Participants took longer to read target words in figurative contexts, especially where the metonymic sense was novel. Importantly, participants with higher AQs took longer still to read novel metonyms. This suggests a focus for further exploration, in terms of potential differences between individuals diagnosed with ASD and their neurotypical counterparts, and more generally in terms of the processes by which comprehension is achieved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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