This article reviews the current knowledge state on pragmatic and structural language
abilities in autism and their potential relation to extralinguistic abilities and autistic traits. The …

Language in autism is heterogeneous, with a significant proportion of individuals having
structural language difficulties and inclusion of language impairment as a specifier under …

The goal of this article is to provide a balanced assessment of the significance autism has for
the scientific study of language. While linguistic profiles in autism vary greatly, spanning from …

Abstract BYLEMANS, T., et al. Mentalizing and narrative coherence in autistic adults:
Cerebellar sequencing and prediction. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV, 2022.-This review …

Since prior research has mostly focused on children, less is known about how autistic adults
and adults with sub-clinical autistic traits interpret pragmatically complex social situations …

Background The ability to produce a well-structured, coherent narrative account is essential
for successful everyday communication. Research suggests that autistic people may find this …

This study examined whether the atypical speech style that is frequently reported in autistic
adults is underpinned by an inflexible production of phonetic targets. In a first task, 20 male …

We examined the narrative abilities of bilingual and monolingual children on the autism
spectrum (AS), whether bilinguals presented stronger social and pragmatic language …

Background Narrative discourse, or storytelling, is used in daily conversation and requires
higher‐level language and social communication skills that are not always captured by …

Purpose: Our study addresses three main questions:(a) Do autistics and neurotypicals
produce different patterns of disfluencies, depending on the experimenter's direct versus …