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Durrleman, Stephanie; Dumont, Annie; Delage, Hélène – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2022
Children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) show delays in Theory of Mind (ToM) development. Complement sentences such as "Eliane says that Santa Clause exists" influence ToM performance. Can a training program targeting sentential complements enhance ToM? Twenty-one French-speaking DHH children (M[subscript age] = 8 years 11 months)…
Descriptors: Syntax, Theory of Mind, Deafness, Transfer of Training
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Durrleman, Stephanie; Delage, Hélène – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience difficulties with an important Theory of Mind milestone, namely, false belief (FB) reasoning. Their FB success relates to mastery of a linguistic structure that is also challenging for them, namely, sentential complements (e.g., "Claire says/thinks [that Santa Claus…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Theory of Mind, Misconceptions
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Durrleman, Stephanie; Burnel, Morgane; Reboul, Anne – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: According to the linguistic determinism approach, knowledge of sentential complements such as: "John says that the earth" is flat plays a crucial role in theory of mind (ToM) development by providing a means to represent explicitly people's mental attitudes and beliefs. This approach predicts that mastery of complements…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Language Impairments