We present a meta-analysis of studies that compare figurative language comprehension in
individuals with autism spectrum disorder and in typically developing controls who were …

Impairments in the broader domain of pragmatics are considered to be a defining feature of
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A challenging aspect of pragmatic competence is the …

How does a listener understand a sarcastic'That was a wonderful speech'when the words
point to a positive review? Why do students of introductory logic interpret'Some cabs are …

To assess children's cognitive capacities to understand (rather than explain or paraphrase)
metaphors, we investigated how 3-year-olds (n= 36; 3; 0–3; 3) fare with novel metaphors …

Metaphor understanding is traditionally thought to emerge late in childhood. Although recent
findings suggest that even pre-schoolers can understand metaphor in more age appropriate …

Characterizations of autism include multiple references to rigid or inflexible features, but the
notion of rigidity itself has received little systematic discussion. In this paper we shed some …

A large number of word forms in natural language are polysemous, that is, associated with
several related senses (eg, line, run, tight, etc.). While such polysemy appears to cause little …

In this paper we investigate children's processing and comprehension of metonymy, a type
of figurative use of language where an object or individual is referred to via a salient …

Pragmatic difficulties are considered a hallmark of autism spectrum conditions (ASC), but
remain poorly understood. We discuss and evaluate existing hypotheses regarding the …

A growing body of developmental evidence suggests that the cognitive abilities that enable
the expression and comprehension of communicative intentions–so-called pragmatic …