Lexical and affective prosody in children with high-functioning Autism

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 778-793

  Grossman, Ruth B ^a   Bemis, Rhyannon H ^b   Skwerer, Daniela Plesa ^c   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c  

^a Massachusetts Medical Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective prosody; Autism; Lexical stress; Perception; Production; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; EMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77953338930     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0127)     Document Type: Article

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