Jessica de Villiers
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jessica de Villiers plays a role.
Articles
2013 Revisiting pragmatic abilities in autism spectrum disorders: A follow-up study with controls Pragmatics & Cognition 21:2, pp. 253–269 | Article
In a 2007 paper, we argued that speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) exhibit pragmatic abilities which are surprising given the usual understanding of communication in that group. That is, it is commonly reported that people diagnosed with an ASD have trouble with metaphor, irony,… read more
2011 “I saw the yellowish going south”: Narrative discourse in autism spectrum disorder Cognitive and Empirical Pragmatics: Issues and perspectives, Bochner, Gregory, Philippe De Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine and Daniela Rossi (eds.), pp. 3–29 | Article
This paper uses discourse analysis techniques to analyze communication breakdown in the conversation of a youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In demonstrating how discourse analysis can reveal unexpected and ordinarily unperceived meanings in unorthodox forms of expression in ways that are… read more