The Representation of Some Space Components in Children with High-Functioning Autism and Normal Persian-speaking Children's Narrative Discourse: Predicates and spatial ground
Abbas Ali Ahangar,
Mohammad Hosien Salarifar,
Setareh Mojahedi Rezaeian,
Azadeh Imanverdi
Affiliations
Abbas Ali Ahangar
Professor in Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
Mohammad Hosien Salarifar
2Assistant Professor in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
Setareh Mojahedi Rezaeian
3PhD in Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
Azadeh Imanverdi
MA in Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
Autism is one of the most common neuro-developmental disorders that can influence an individual’s cognitive and linguistic abilities. Since it is necessary to make use of both cognitive and language abilities in narrative discourse, autistic individuals face a challenge in narrative production and comprehension. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the space domain, as one of the inseparable components of each narrative, and in a broader context, narrative discourse in children with high-functioning autism and normal Persian-speaking children. To this end, the representation of some components of space such as predicates (including static, active, active-accomplishment, and semelfactive) and spatial grounds (including nouns and pronouns) in the narrative discourse of children with high-functioning autism and normal children was studied based on Hickman (2004) and Roberts, Barjastefc Delforooz and Jahani's classification (2009).
