In:Profiling Autism Through Language: Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning
Sumi Kato
[Not in series 246] 2026
► pp. 101–117
Chapter 7Mental space construction and decoupling-related interpretation in ASD
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Article outline
- 7.1Overview
- 7.2Mental Space Theory and space builders
- 7.2.1Mental spaces and space builders
- 7.2.2Metaphor and cross-space mapping
- 7.3Illustrative data for mental space-related discriminators
- 7.3.1Modalization–probability and projection–idea
- 7.3.2Projection–embedding
- 7.3.3Conditional clauses as cause–conditional space builders
- i.Conditional clause–resultative condition
- ii.Conditional clause–cause/reason
- 7.4Theoretical status of mental spaces: Cognitive mechanism or discourse representation?
- 7.5Decoupling, pretend play, and alternative representation
- 7.6Mental space builders and decoupling-related interpretation in ASD
- 7.7Chapter conclusion
