Journal article
Language acquisition in autism spectrum disorders: A developmental review
Research in autism spectrum disorders, v 5(2), pp 681-691
2011
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Abstract
▶ Review language acquisition in ASD, including gaps in the literature. ▶ Pragmatic deficits are widely acknowledged. ▶ Phonological, morphological, and syntactic differences are also present. ▶ Implications for typical language development, and promising future directions.
This paper reviews the complex literature on language acquisition in the autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Because of the high degree of interest in ASD in the past decade, the field has been changing rapidly, with progress in both basic science and applied clinical areas. In addition, psycholinguistically-trained researchers have increasingly begun to test theories of language acquisition in studies of ASD, because it is characterized by meaningful differences in ability across a wide range of language, social, and cognitive domains. As such, ASD has served as a “natural laboratory” in which to explore a variety of theories of language acquisition. We provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of language acquisition in autism spectrum disorders, also noting gaps in our current knowledge. We also review implications of this work for theories of typical language acquisition, and discuss some promising future directions. While the pragmatic deficits that characterize autism spectrum disorders are widely acknowledged, both clinicians and researchers should consider the phonological and morphosyntactic differences that likely play an important role in language comprehension and production for affected children.
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- Title
- Language acquisition in autism spectrum disorders: A developmental review
- Creators
- Inge-Marie Eigsti - University of ConnecticutAshley B. de Marchena - University of ConnecticutJillian M. Schuh - University of ConnecticutElizabeth Kelley - Queen's University
- Publication Details
- Research in autism spectrum disorders, v 5(2), pp 681-691
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000286994500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78650684088
- Other Identifier
- 991020111220504721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Education, Special
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Developmental
- Rehabilitation