Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a review of pragmatic communication ability
and its disorders, as a resource for rehabilitation team members. This review is a product of …

The basic idea behind this work is that communication is essentially a cooperative activity
between two or more people in which the meanings of each transaction are constructed by …

Social communication disorder (SCD) is a novel diagnosis listed under the rubric of
communication disorders within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 …

Developmental disorders might differ in their language profiles when using parent reports.
The first study indicated that school aged children with ASD have similar language profiles …

Pragmatic impairment1 is a term used in connection with individuals who experience
difficulties with language use. Rather than referring to a straightforward, unitary disorder, this …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

Background Narrative abilities are linked to social impairment in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD), such that reductions in words about cognitive processes (eg, think, know) are thought …

We propose a framework for explaining difference in difficulty of various pragmatic
phenomena. In particular, we investigate the ability to comprehend direct, indirect, deceitful …

Utilizing relevance theory, this study investigated the ability of children with Asperger
syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) to use context when answering questions …

Emerging pragmatic language skills involve social, cognitive and linguistic abilities,
including children's awareness of the conversational partner's mental states. The present …