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Speirs, Samantha; Yelland, Greg; Rinehart, Nicole; Tonge, Bruce – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The presence or absence of clinically delayed language development prior to 3 years of age is a key, but contentious, clinical feature distinguishing autism from Asperger's disorder. The aim of this study was to examine language processing in children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger's disorder (AD) using a task which taps lexical…
Descriptors: Priming, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Language Processing
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Gamez, Perla B.; Levine, Susan C. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study examined the relation between young English language learners' (ELL) native oral language skills and their language input in transitional bilingual education kindergarten classrooms. Spanish-speaking ELLs' ("n" = 101) Spanish expressive language skills were assessed using the memory for sentences and picture vocabulary…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Linguistic Input, Oral Language