Innovative Investigations of Language in Autism Spectrum Disorder / / ed. by Letitia Naigles.

In recent decades, a growing number of children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a condition characterized by, among other features, social interaction deficits and language impairment. Yet the precise nature of the disorder’s impact on language development is not well unders...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Language and the Human Lifespan (LHLS) ,
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 255 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Perspectives on Language in ASD
  • 1. Eye-Tracking as a Window on Language Processing in ASD
  • 2. Sentence Processing in Young Children With ASD
  • 3. Looking Through Their Eyes: Tracking Early Language Comprehension in ASD
  • 4. Learning Words in a Social World: Impairments Associated With ASD and Fragile X Syndrome
  • 5. Parental Input to Children With ASD and Its Influence on Later Language
  • 6. The Effect of Computational Complexity on the Acquisition of French by Children With ASD
  • 7. Advanced Syntax and Primary Pragmatics in Children With ASD
  • 8. Connections Among Complementation Sentences, Executive Functioning, and Theory of Mind in Autism
  • 9. Language Acquisition in ASD: Beyond Standardized Language Measures
  • 10. Recall, Structure, and Complexity in Story Retellings by Children With ASD
  • 11. Language Representation and Language Use in Children With Optimal Outcomes From ASD
  • Index
  • About the Editor