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What is Narrative Abilities

Chapter 6
Developmental Language Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Narrative abilities involve the skill to create, understand and convey coherent and meaningful stories or accounts. This includes organizing information, using appropriate sequencing, maintaining listener engagement and adapting the narrative style to the context and the audience. Since narratives are a form of communication that occurs within a social context, they fall under the broader umbrella of pragmatic abilities, which encompass various aspects of effective communication in social interactions.
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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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