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    Innovative Investigations of Language in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Letitia R. Naigles (Edited by)

    9783110409789

    Hardback, published 17 October 2016

    296 pages
    24.1 x 17 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg

    A useful primer for clinicians - beginning and seasoned, as well as educators. It fully addresses a highly disputed topic in contemporary psychology.

    (New England Psychologist)

    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 understood, in part because of the language variability among children across the autism spectrum. The contributors to this volume—experts in fields ranging from communication disorders to developmental and clinical psychology to linguistics—use innovative techniques to address two broad questions: Is the variability of language development and use in children with ASD a function of the language, such that some linguistic domains are more vulnerable to ASD than others? Or is the variability a function of the individual, such that some characteristics predispose those with ASD to have varying levels of difficulty with language development and use?
    Contributors investigate these questions across linguistic levels, from lexical semantics and single-clause syntax, to computationally complex phonology and the syntax-pragmatics interface. Authors address both spoken and written domains within the wider context of language acquisition. This timely and broadly accessible volume will be of interest to a broad range of specialists, including linguists, psychologists, sociologists, behavioral neurologists, and cognitive neuroscientists.

    Contributors
    Foreword
    Helen Tager-Flusberg
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction: Perspectives on Language in ASD
    Letitia R. Naigles
    Chapter : Eye-Tracking as a Window on Language Processing in ASD
    Courtenay Frazier Norbury
    Chapter 2: Sentence Processing in Young Children With ASD
    Edith L. Bavin and Emma K. Baker
    Chapter 3: Looking Through Their Eyes: Tracking Early Language Comprehension in ASD
    Letitia R. Naigles and Deborah Fein
    Chapter 4: Learning Words in a Social World: Impairments Associated With ASD and Fragile X Syndrome
    Andrea McDuffie, Angela John Thurman, Marie Moore Channell, and Leonard Abbeduto
    Chapter 5: Parental Input to Children With ASD and Its Influence on Later Language
    Aparna Nadig and Janet Bang
    Chapter : The Effect of Computational Complexity on the Acquisition of French by Children With ASD
    Laurice Tuller, Sandrine Ferr amp eacute , Philippe Pr amp eacute vost, Marie-Anne Barthez, Jo amp euml lle Malvy, and Fr amp eacute d amp eacute rique Bonnet-Brilhault
    Chapter 7: Advanced Syntax and Primary Pragmatics in Children With ASD
    Vikki Janke and Alexandra Perovic
    Chapter 8: Connections Among Complementation Sentences, Executive Functioning, and Theory of Mind in Autism
    Stephanie Durrleman-Tame, Morgane Burnel, and Anne Reboul
    Chapter 9: Language Acquisition in ASD: Beyond Standardized Language Measures
    Inge-Marie Eigsti and Jillian M. Schuh
    Chapter : Recall, Structure, and Complexity in Story Retellings by Children With ASD
    Lesley Stirling, Graham Barrington, Susan Douglas, and Kerrie Delves
    Chapter : Language Representation and Language Use in Children With Optimal Outcomes From ASD
    Joyce Suh, Inge-Marie Eigsti, Allison Canfield, Christina Irvine, Elizabeth Kelley, Letitia R. Naigles, and Deborah Fein
    Index
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