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What is Communicative Roles

Chapter 6
Developmental Language Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Communicative roles involve the functions individuals take on during communication, such as speaking, listening, asking questions, explaining and persuading, to convey information and achieve goals in social contexts.
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Pragmatic and Language Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study Approach
Ifigeneia Dosi (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) and Nefeli Boni (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0644-4.ch006
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate pragmatic and language abilities, in general, in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is not primarily a language disorder and language impairments or delays are no longer considered core characteristics of the condition. Instead, ASD mainly affects pragmatic abilities. In the current study, three high-functioning Greek-speaking individuals with ASD (ages 9, 11, and 15) were tested using picture-based tasks from the diagnostic evaluation of language variation (DELV). The results showed variations in their performance and developmental differences. The younger participant faced challenges in morphosyntactic abilities, possibly related to a comorbid language disorder rather than ASD-specific difficulties. The findings are discussed in light of three theoretical perspectives: theory of mind, executive functions, and weak central cohesion.
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