Prosodic analysis is difficult ... but worth it: A study in high functioning autism

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-315

  Green, Hila ^a   Tobin, Yishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Methodology; Phonology; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049143428     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549500903003060     Document Type: Review

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