采用圖片選擇任務,使用"大"+名詞短語的隱喻實驗材料,探討了有、無語境條件下漢語高功能自閉癥兒童"大"概念的隱喻映射能力。結果表明高功能自閉癥兒童"大"隱喻映射能力弱于典型發展兒童;無論是高功能自閉癥兒童還是典型發展兒童,將"大"映射到具體概念的表現均優于映射到抽象概念;語境可以幫助高功能自閉癥兒童在"大"和具體概念之間建立映射關系,卻難以幫助其在"大"和抽象概念之間建立映射關系。

This paper investigated the metaphorical mapping ability of “big” concept by Mandarin-speaking children with high-functioning autism(HFA) using a picture selection task and “da4+noun phrase” as material for the relevant metaphors.The results revealed that children with HFA showed a weaker ability to comprehend metaphors than typically developing(TD) children did.Both groups performed better in mapping “da4” to concrete concepts than in mapping “da4” to abstract concept.TD children were able to use context to facilitate the mapping from “da4” to concrete concepts and abstract concepts,although the HFA group were difficult to establish the mapping between “da4” and abstract concepts by using contextual clues.