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 disorders 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.
Arvustused
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)
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
About the Editor
Letitia R. Naigles, University of Connecticut, USA
