Lexical and grammatical skills in toddlers on the autism spectrum compared to late talking toddlers

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1065-1075

  Ellis Weismer, Susan ^a,b   Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^a   Stronach, Sheri ^b,c   Karasinski, Courtney ^a,b   Eernisse, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Venker, Courtney E ^a,b   Sindberg, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Grammar; Language; Late talkers; Psychological state terms; Semantic categories; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79961171169     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1134-4     Document Type: Article

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