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On Being Echolalic: An Analysis of the Interactional and Phonetic Aspects of an Autistic's Language.
Download full textLocal, John; Wootton, Tony – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
A case study analyzed the echolalia behavior of an autistic 11-year-old boy, based on recordings made in his home and school. Focus was on the subset of immediate echolalia referred to as pure echoing. Using an approach informed by conversation analysis and descriptive phonetics, distinctions are drawn between different forms of pure echo. It is…
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