Prosody and its relationship to language in school-aged children with high-functioning autism

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 682-702

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

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Intonation; Language; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PHONETICS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35649011517     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820601170102     Document Type: Article

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