Purpose Impaired pragmatic language (ie, language use for social interaction) is a hallmark
feature of both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most …

Background: The Children's Communication Checklist (CCC; Bishop, 1998) is a
questionnaire that was developed to measure pragmatic language use and may be …

It remains unclear whether pragmatic language skills and core language skills (grammar
and vocabulary) are distinct language domains. The present work aimed to tease apart …

Using language appropriately and effectively in social contexts requires pragmatic language
competencies (PLCs). Increasingly, deficits in PLCs are linked to child and adolescent …

A meta-analytic review of 33 studies investigating the pragmatic language skills of 3-to 12-
year-old students with language disorders, language-learning disabilities, or learning …

Purpose This study compared pragmatic language in youths (9–17 years) with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with typical development (TD) on the Yale in vivo …

Pragmatics is one of the newest lines of inquiry in childhood language disorders. Its status
as an emerging investigative focus necessarily means that it is in a period of transition. This …

Background: Language impairment is often associated with behaviour problems. However,
detailed relations between different types of language impairment and specific behaviour …

The primary aim of this study is to increase the existing knowledge about the pragmatic skills
of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Specifically, the study has two objectives …