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Westerveld, Marleen F.; Roberts, Jacqueline M. A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2017
Purpose: This study described the oral narrative comprehension and production skills of verbal preschool-age children on the autism spectrum and investigated correlations between oral narrative ability and norm-referenced language test performance. Method: Twenty-nine preschool-age children (aged 4;0-5;9 years;months) with autism, who obtained an…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Correlation
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de Marchena, Ashley; Eigsti, Inge-Marie – Journal of Child Language, 2016
Deficits in pragmatic language are central to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here we investigate common ground, a pragmatic language skill in which speakers adjust the contents of their speech based on their interlocutor's perceived knowledge, in adolescents with ASD and typical development (TD), using an experimental narrative paradigm.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders