Brief report: Animacy and word order in individuals with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1161-1164

  Lake, Johanna K ^a   Cardy, Shannon ^a   Humphreys, Karin R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animacy; Autism spectrum disorder; Conceptual salience; Language production; Word order

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956056144     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0972-4     Document Type: Article

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