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Comprehending Reflexive and Clitic Constructions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder
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Moreno-Pérez, Francisco J.; Rodríguez-Ortiz, Isabel R.; Tavares, Gema; Saldaña, David – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: It has been established that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulties understanding spoken language. Understanding reflexive and clitic pronouns is vital to establishing reference-based inference, but it is as yet unclear whether such constructions pose specific difficulties for those with ASD. Pronoun…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Form Classes (Languages), Developmental Disabilities
Elephants in Pyjamas: Testing the Weak Central Coherence Account of Autism Spectrum Disorders Using a Syntactic Disambiguation Task
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Riches, N. G.; Loucas, T.; Baird, G.; Charman, T.; Simonoff, E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
According to the weak central coherence (CC) account individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit enhanced local processing and weak part-whole integration. CC was investigated in the verbal domain. Adolescents, recruited using a 2 (ASD status) by 2 (language impairment status) design, completed an aural forced choice comprehension…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Syntax, Ambiguity (Semantics)
Can You Tell It by the Prime? A Study of Metaphorical Priming in High-Functioning Autism in Comparison with Matched Controls
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Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Hendrik; Vulchanova, Mila – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: Problems with pragmatic aspects of language are well attested in individuals on the autism spectrum. It remains unclear, however, whether figurative language skills improve with language status and whether problems in figurative language are no longer present in highly verbal individuals with autism. Aims: To investigate whether highly…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Figurative Language, Language Skills
The Comprehension of Syntactic and Affective Prosody by Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder without Accompanying Cognitive Deficits
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Martzoukou, Maria; Papadopoulou, Despina; Kosmidis, Mary-Helen – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
The present study investigates the comprehension of syntactic and affective prosody in adults with autism spectrum disorder without accompanying cognitive deficits (ASD w/o cognitive deficits) as well as age-, education- and gender-matched unimpaired adults, while processing orally presented sentences. Two experiments were conducted: (a) an…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Syntax, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Efficiency of Lexical Access in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Does Modality Matter?
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Harper-Hill, Keely; Copland, David; Arnott, Wendy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The provision of visual support to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is widely recommended. We explored one mechanism underlying the use of visual supports: efficiency of language processing. Two groups of children, one with and one without an ASD, participated. The groups had comparable oral and written language skills and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Stimuli, Language Processing
Eye-Tracking Measurements of Language Processing: Developmental Differences in Children at High Risk for ASD
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Chita-Tegmark, Meia; Arunachalam, Sudha; Nelson, Charles A.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
To explore how being at high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on having an older sibling diagnosed with ASD, affects word comprehension and language processing speed, 18-, 24- and 36-month-old children, at high and low risk for ASD were tested in a cross-sectional study, on an eye gaze measure of receptive language that measured how…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Siblings, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders