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标题：Enhancing Metaphor and Metonymy Comprehension in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
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作者：Sergio Melogno ; Maria Antonietta Pinto
期刊名称：Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2152-7180
电子版ISSN：2152-7199
出版年度：2014
卷号：05
期号：11
页码：1375-1383
DOI：10.4236/psych.2014.511148
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：This article addresses how to enhance metaphor and metonymy comprehension in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HF-ASD), who are known to have difficulties with figurative language. After considering some major issues on typical development and in HF-ASD, and some studies on treatment in this specific domain, the authors describe an intervention methodology that can be used in schools and clinics. This methodology is based on two main points: 1) the explicit teaching of strategies for understanding metaphors and 2) activities for enhancing the abstraction of semantic features in metaphors and metonymies. The authors show how these devices can make complex processes such as figurative language comprehension more concrete for children with HF-ASD.
关键词：Autism Spectrum Disorder; High-Functioning; Metaphor; Metonymy; Intervention Strategies