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Muna Abd El-Raziq; Natalia Meir; Elinor Saiegh-Haddad – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2024
Arabic is characterized by diglossia, which involves the use of two language varieties within a single speech community: Spoken Arabic (SpA) for everyday speech and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for formal speech and reading/writing. Earlier research suggests that some Arabic-speaking children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might favor MSA…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dialects, Language Variation, Arabic
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Sparaci, Laura; Northrup, Jessie B.; Capirci, Olga; Iverson, Jana M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Forty-one high-risk infants (HR) with an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were observed longitudinally at 10, 12, 18 and 24 months of age during a tool use task in a play-like scenario. Changes in grasp types and functional actions produced with a spoon were assessed during elicited tool use. Outcome and vocabulary measures were…
Descriptors: Infants, At Risk Persons, Autism, Longitudinal Studies
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Carmo, Joana C.; Duarte, Elsa; Pinho, Sandra; Filipe, Carlos N.; Marques, J. Frederico – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
In this study, we aimed to evaluate further the functioning and structuring of the semantic system in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We analyzed the performance of 19 high-functioning young adults with ASD and a group of 20 age-, verbal IQ- and education-matched individuals with the Proactive Interference (PI) Paradigm to evaluate semantic…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbal Ability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Brouwer, Susanne; Bradlow, Ann R. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2016
This study examined the temporal dynamics of spoken word recognition in noise and background speech. In two visual-world experiments, English participants listened to target words while looking at four pictures on the screen: a target (e.g. "candle"), an onset competitor (e.g. "candy"), a rhyme competitor (e.g.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Word Recognition, Visual Stimuli, Task Analysis
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Bhat, Anjana N.; Srinivasan, Sudha M.; Woxholdt, Colleen; Shield, Aaron – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder present with a variety of social communication deficits such as atypicalities in social gaze and verbal and non-verbal communication delays as well as perceptuo-motor deficits like motor incoordination and dyspraxia. In this study, we had the unique opportunity to study praxis performance in deaf children…
Descriptors: Deafness, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Severity (of Disability)
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Shantha, S.; Mekala, S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The mastery of speaking skills in English has become a major requisite in engineering industry. Engineers are expected to possess speaking skills for executing their routine activities and career prospects. The article focuses on the experimental study conducted to improve English spoken proficiency of Indian engineering students using task-based…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Task Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis