Introduction Alterations of verbalized thought occur frequently in psychotic disorders. We
characterize linguistic findings in individuals with schizophrenia based on the current …

Pragmatic impairment is diffused in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, but the literature still
debates its neurocognitive underpinnings. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed …

Introduction: Language and communication disruptions in schizophrenia are at the center of
a large body of investigation. Yet, the remediation of such disruptions is still in its infancy …

Among all aspects of the linguistic and communicative competence, pragmatics seems
especially vulnerable in aging, due also to cognitive decline. However, pragmatics has …

We still know very little about the longitudinal relationships between Theory of Mind (ToM)
and metaphor understanding in typically developing children. We examined this issue by …

Objective: Pragmatics refers to the capacity to understand the speaker's meaning and thus to
appropriately engage in a conversation. This study aims at establishing the role of …

An impairment in pragmatic communication is a core feature of schizophrenia, often
associated with difficulties in social interactions. The pragmatic deficits regard various …

Background Examination of proverb comprehension has a long tradition in clinical
diagnostics of individuals with schizophrenia (iSCZ). Deficits in the comprehension are …

Theoretical pragmatics in the post-Gricean tradition argued that metaphor requires
understanding of how another person sees the world. Yet, it is unclear what role …

Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) have a core impairment in the communicative-pragmatic
domain, characterized by severe difficulties in correctly inferring the speaker's …