Journal article
Answering contextually demanding questions: Pragmatic errors produced by children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism
Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol.40(5), pp.357-381
2007
Abstract
This study examined irrelevant/incorrect answers produced by children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism (7–9-year-olds and 10–12-year-olds) and normally developing children (7–9-year-olds). The errors produced were divided into three types: in Type 1, the child answered the original question incorrectly, in Type 2, the child gave a correct answer, but when asked a follow-up question, he/she explained the answer incorrectly, and in Type 3, the child first gave a correct answer or explanation, but continued answering, which ultimately led to an irrelevant answer. Analyses of Type 1 and 2 errors indicated that all the children tried to utilize contextual information, albeit incorrectly. Analyses of Type 3 errors showed that topic drifts were almost non-existent in the control group, but common in the clinical group, suggesting that these children had difficulties in stopping processing after deriving a relevant answer.
Learning outcomes: The reader becomes aware of the different instances which may lead to the irrelevance of answers and get knowledge about features of answers of children with AS/HFA.
Details
- Title
- Answering contextually demanding questions: Pragmatic errors produced by children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism
- Authors/Creators
- S. Loukusa (Author/Creator)E. Leinonen (Author/Creator)K. Jussila (Author/Creator)M-L Mattila (Author/Creator)N. Ryder (Author/Creator)H. Ebeling (Author/Creator)I. Moilanen (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol.40(5), pp.357-381
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005541743207891
- Copyright
- © 2006 Elsevier Inc
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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