In:Profiling Autism Through Language: Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning
Sumi Kato
[Not in series 246] 2026
► pp. 136–160
Chapter 9Existential and benefactive constructions as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and
agency
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Article outline
- 9.1Overview
- 9.2The transitivity system and process types in SFL
- 1.Material processes
- 2.Mental processes
- 3.Relational processes
- 4.Behavioral processes
- 5.Verbal processes
- 6.Existential processes
- 9.3Existence and possession in Japanese: Aru and iru
- 9.4Existential Processes in relation to self-other differentiation
and sense of agency- 9.4.1Ecological self, interpersonal self, and relational development
- 9.4.2Self–other differentiation, joint attention,
and agency awareness in ASD - 9.4.3Body awareness and agency experience in ASD
- 9.4.4From implicit self-presence to pronominal perspective
- 9.4.5Ecological self in existential construal
- 9.5From implicit self to agentive other: Benefactive auxiliary verbs and perspective simulation
- 9.5.1Benefactive and recipient auxiliary verbs (juju-dōshi) in Japanese
- 9.5.2Cognitive mechanisms underlying reduced use of ageru in ASD
- 9.6Chapter conclusion
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