The atypical development of metaphor and metonymy comprehension in children with autism

Autism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-46

  Rundblad, Gabriella ^a   Annaz, Dagmara ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental trajectories; Metaphor; Metonymy; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TEST; METONYMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; METAPHOR; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 76649100805     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361309340667     Document Type: Article

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