Purpose The purposes of this study are to investigate metapragmatic (MP) ability in 6–11-
year-old children with social communication disorder (SCD), developmental language …

Background Children who have social communication disorder (CwSCD) demonstrate
persistent difficulties with language pragmatics in conversations and other verbal …

This investigation examined the relationship between social pragmatics, social self-esteem,
and language in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and in their age-matched …

Purpose Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and children with developmental
language disorder (DLD) face challenges with pragmatics, but the nature and sources of …

Purpose Speech-language practitioners recognise the importance of metapragmatic (MP)
ability (the ability to explicitly reflect on pragmatic rules) in therapy for children with …

Background There is extremely limited population‐based research on social (pragmatic)
communication disorder (SCD). Population‐based samples have the potential to better …

Purpose Social communication or pragmatic skills are continuously distributed in the
general population. Impairment in these skills is associated with two clinical disorders …

This chapter considers definitional issues, arguing that a broad view of social
communication, which subsumes pragmatics, provides the most viable clinical approach to …

Objective Pragmatics can be defined as the appropriate use of language in social
interactions. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and children with …

Social communication or pragmatic impairments are characterized and illustrated as
involving inappropriate or ineffective use of language and gesture in social contexts. Three …