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Nippold, Marilyn A.; Mansfield, Tracy C.; Billow, Jesse L. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: Expository discourse, the use of language to convey information, requires facility with complex syntax. Although expository discourse is often employed in school and work settings, little is known about its development in children, adolescents, and adults. Hence, it is difficult to evaluate this genre in students who have language…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Syntax, Language Impairments, Discourse Analysis
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Philofsky, Amy; Fidler, Deborah J.; Hepburn, Susan – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: To describe and compare the pragmatic language profiles of school-age children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and Williams syndrome (WS) on a standardized measure to determine whether a standard pragmatics tool can differentiate between 2 groups of children with opposing social presentations and pragmatic language difficulties.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Profiles, Pragmatics