Poor phonological development adversely affects language development and interpersonal
communication abilities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, the …

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social pragmatic communication disorder
(SPCD) are two neurodevelopmental disorders with many similarities in affected individuals' …

Previous studies have shown that factivity is closely related to first-order false belief (FB).
However, whether the role of factivity in first-order FB extends to second-order FB remains …

Built on a previous finding that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) had difficulty
comprehending presuppositions, a domain of knowledge which is crucial for successful …

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been reported to be widely impaired
in their understanding of linguistic expressions that rely on elements of the context or norms …

This dissertation investigated the relation between verb factivity and first-order and second-
order false belief (FB) reasoning in Mandarin-speaking children with and without autism …

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