Assessing prosodic and pragmatic ability in children with high-functioning autism

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1776-1791

  Peppé, Sue ^a   McCann, Joanne ^a   Gibbon, Fiona ^a   O'Hare, Anne ^b   Rutherford, Marion ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Intonation; Pragmatic; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747176529     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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