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Socio-pragmatic difficulties
Inadequate or inappropriate pragmatics / social communication skills constitute a significant component of language disorders. Pragmatics in children with language disorders may be inadequate or even inappropriate, for example, failure to initiate conversation and inappropriately interrupting others while speaking.
A child with semantic pragmatic difficulties / social communication disorders often:
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Uses inappropriate echoed social phrases
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His/her conversation can sound too grown-up or rude.
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Misunderstands what the conversation partner intends.
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Doesn't initiate conversation appropriately.
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Doesn't use language sociably and tends not to bother about social greetings.
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Uses few words to describe thoughts, feelings and intentions of others.
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Not interested in or able to follow topics outside his/her own experience.
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Talks non-stop about his/her own interests.
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Understands verbal messages literally.
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Doesn’t understand indirect speech, jokes and sarcasm.