Language acquisition in autism spectrum disorders: A developmental review

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 681-691

  Eigsti, Inge Marie ^a   De Marchena, Ashley B ^a   Schuh, Jillian M ^a   Kelley, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Development; Language acquisition; Review

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650684088     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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