- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Elisabet Vila
University of Barcelona, Linguistics, Graduate Student
Research Interests:
En aquest treball, s’expliquen les característiques de l’autisme i les anomalies lingüístiques que comporta, les quals condicionen els mètodes d’aprenentatge del llenguatge. També s’esmenten els principals mètodes generals d’ensenyament i... more
En aquest treball, s’expliquen les característiques de l’autisme i les anomalies lingüístiques que comporta, les quals condicionen els mètodes d’aprenentatge del llenguatge. També s’esmenten els principals mètodes generals d’ensenyament i es comparen amb la realitat a través d’entrevistes a professionals que ensenyen el llenguatge a infants autistes.
While it is widely agreed today that autism involves a cognitive change (Baron-Cohen, 1988), the main psychological models have put the explanatory weight on changes in such non-linguistic neurocognitive variables as “theory of mind”... more
While it is widely agreed today that autism involves a cognitive change (Baron-Cohen, 1988), the main psychological models have put the explanatory weight on changes in such non-linguistic neurocognitive variables as “theory of mind” (ToM), weak central coherence, or executive functioning. Linguistic deficits, including ones identified as “pragmatic” and taken to be universal in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (Tager-Flusberg, 1996; Lord and Paul, 1997; Tager-Flusberg et al., 2001), or even the absence of functional language could then be seen as a secondary consequence of a primary defect in non-linguistic (particularly social) cognition (Mundy and Markus, 1997). (...) It is not clear [however] how independent of language human-specific forms of social interaction and communication can be, and it could be that a fundamental alteration in language competence is an inherent aspect of the cognitive change in question. Children with autism might construe language differently, reflecting a linguistic style different from that inherent in neurotypical cognition, which could then be reflected in altered patterns of social communication.