Children with autism align syntax in natural conversation

被引:21
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作者
Hopkins, Zoe [1 ]
Yuill, Nicola [1 ]
Keller, Bill [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM; SPECTRUM DISORDERS; IMITATION; PATTERNS; LANGUAGE; COMMUNICATION; COORDINATION; PERSISTENCE; COMPETENCE; ACTIVATION;
D O I
10.1017/S0142716414000599
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Previous experimental work has shown that verbal children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) converge linguistically, or align, with an interlocutor, and to the same extent as typical children. However, it is not known whether ASD children align in natural conversation. The studies presented in this paper aimed to address this issue. We measured syntactic alignment in ASD children, first using an experimental task, and second in natural conversation. We found that ASD and typical children aligned to the same extent in both tasks, suggesting that experimental findings about alignment in ASD are ecologically valid. We argue, however, that the experimental measurement of alignment overstates the prevalence of syntactic alignment in children's conversations.
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页码:347 / 370
页数:24
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