2021 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 83-92
The purpose of this study is to statistically investigate whether the linguistic tendency that appears as reaction words of the linguistic associative method is related to the cognitive style tendency in the E-S model. We also examine this in relationship to dialogue problems, including a case study of ASD individuals who are expected to have similar cognitive styles and linguistic tendencies. The results statistically suggest from the semantic aspect that cognitive style is associated with a specific linguistic tendency. In addition, the case study indicated that difficulties in dialogue caused by differences in linguistic tendency may cause ASD people to make a conscious effort to suppress and change their own linguistic tendencies. We suggest that from the perspective of symbiosis, the current state of society in which “defects” on the part of ASD may be unilaterally regarded as problems in dialogue situations, should be reconsidered. It is necessary to recognize that dialogue problems can occur due to differences in linguistic tendencies. The solution may be to let go of intuitive dialogue and to recognize that each linguistic tendency may also be related to a cognitive tendency that could be a strength.
