[article] 
inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 39-4 (April 2009) . - p.607-618

Titre :	Pragmatic Inferences in High-Functioning Adults with Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Type de document :	Texte imprimé et/ou numérique
Auteurs :	Judith PIJNACKER, Auteur ; Jan K. BUITELAAR, Auteur ; Peter HAGOORT, Auteur ; Jan-Pieter TEUNISSE, Auteur ; Bart GEURTS, Auteur
Année de publication :	2009
Article en page(s) :	p.607-618
Note générale :	Article Open Access
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Autistic-disorder Asperger-syndrome Pragmatics Inferences Scalar-implicatures Language-understanding
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Although people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often have severe problems with pragmatic aspects of language, little is known about their pragmatic reasoning. We carried out a behavioral study on high-functioning adults with autistic disorder (n = 11) and Asperger syndrome (n = 17) and matched controls (n = 28) to investigate whether they are capable of deriving scalar implicatures, which are generally considered to be pragmatic inferences. Participants were presented with underinformative sentences like “Some sparrows are birds”. This sentence is logically true, but pragmatically inappropriate if the scalar implicature “Not all sparrows are birds” is derived. The present findings indicate that the combined ASD group was just as likely as controls to derive scalar implicatures, yet there was a difference between participants with autistic disorder and Asperger syndrome, suggesting a potential differentiation between these disorders in pragmatic reasoning. Moreover, our results suggest that verbal intelligence is a constraint for task performance in autistic disorder but not in Asperger syndrome.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0661-8
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[article] Pragmatic Inferences in High-Functioning Adults with Autism and Asperger Syndrome [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Judith PIJNACKER, Auteur ; Jan K. BUITELAAR, Auteur ; Peter HAGOORT, Auteur ; Jan-Pieter TEUNISSE, Auteur ; Bart GEURTS, Auteur . - 2009 . - p.607-618.
Article Open Access
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 39-4 (April 2009) . - p.607-618

Mots-clés :	Autistic-disorder Asperger-syndrome Pragmatics Inferences Scalar-implicatures Language-understanding
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	Although people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often have severe problems with pragmatic aspects of language, little is known about their pragmatic reasoning. We carried out a behavioral study on high-functioning adults with autistic disorder (n = 11) and Asperger syndrome (n = 17) and matched controls (n = 28) to investigate whether they are capable of deriving scalar implicatures, which are generally considered to be pragmatic inferences. Participants were presented with underinformative sentences like “Some sparrows are birds”. This sentence is logically true, but pragmatically inappropriate if the scalar implicature “Not all sparrows are birds” is derived. The present findings indicate that the combined ASD group was just as likely as controls to derive scalar implicatures, yet there was a difference between participants with autistic disorder and Asperger syndrome, suggesting a potential differentiation between these disorders in pragmatic reasoning. Moreover, our results suggest that verbal intelligence is a constraint for task performance in autistic disorder but not in Asperger syndrome.
En ligne :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0661-8
Permalink :	https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=706