Arabic Validation of the Pragmatic Language Skills Inventory to Assess Pragmatic Language Development in Preschoolers with and without Pragmatic Language Impairment [PDF]
Children, 2022 Objective: An individual’s articulation of pragmatic language development (PLD) signifies successful social interaction with others. Therefore, it is important to detect early pragmatic language impairment (PLI), whether as a primary disorder or as a ...
Ahmed Alduais +4 more
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A multi-method phenotypic study of sex differences in pragmatic language in autism [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized in part by differences in pragmatic (i.e., social) language use. However, few studies on pragmatic language have included a meaningful number of autistic females, and even fewer have evaluated ...
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Early language skills and later internalizing and externalizing behaviours: associations through core and pragmatic language [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthBackground Language skills have been associated with both internalizing (anxiety, depression, somatization) and externalizing (conduct problems, hyperactivity, aggression) behaviours.
Anna-Elisabeth Baumann +4 more
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A longitudinal investigation of pragmatic language across contexts in autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 BackgroundPragmatic language, or the use of language in social contexts, is a critical skill in daily life, supporting social interactions and the development of meaningful social relationships.
Gary E. Martin +9 more
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Pragmatic language disorders as predictors of psychopathological trajectories in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryIntroductionPragmatic language competence, defined as the ability to use language appropriately in social contexts, is fundamental to adaptive development.
Sergio Melogno +2 more
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Approaches towards pragmatic language assessment in Indian pre-schoolers: A survey among speech-language pathologists [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000ResearchBackground Pragmatic language assessment in children is performed in line with standard protocols, guidelines, and best practices. The absence of these aspects in the Indian context has resulted in the quest to explore the approaches used by speech ...
Aiswarya Varghese +4 more
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Language change for the worse [PDF]
Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard +16 more
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A Dataset to Study Pragmatic Language and Its Underlying Cognitive Processes [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 Jalil Rasgado-Toledo +6 more
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Pragmatic aspects of communication and language comprehension in groups of children differentiated by teacher ratings of inattention and hyperactivity. [PDF]
, 2007 Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience pragmatic language deficits, but it is not known whether these difficulties are primarily associated with high levels of inattention, hyperactivity, or both.
Cain, Kate, Bignell, Simon
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Interlanguage refusals : a cross-sectional study of Thai EFL learners' refusals in English [PDF]
, 2006 Using the speech act of refusals and formulaic language as focuses of analysis, this thesis aims to explore whether or not grammatical proficiency and development is distinct from pragmatic proficiency.
Kasemsin, Chirasiri
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