Applying sign theory to autism

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-112

  Oller Jr , John W ^a   Rascón, Dana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Dysfunction; General sign theory; Language aquisition; Severity of disorder; True narrative representations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033008668     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026992099299176     Document Type: Article

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