Lisa Parfitt

May 26, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brett Heasman |Lisa Parfitt

Mao (2023) presents a unified theory of language acquisition and processing which aims to bridge the gap between nativist and constructionist views on pragmatic competence. Mao argues that autism comprises a specific population which reveals how an Integrative Model of Pragmatic Competence works given apparent autistic difficulties in pragmatic competence but intact grammatical and lexical systems.