Analyzing written communication in AAC contexts: A statistical perspective

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Bernardi, Lorenzo ^a   Tuzzi, Arjuna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Correspondence analysis; Intertextual distance; Lexical richness; Textual data

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; INTERTEXTUAL DISTANCE; LEXICAL RICHNESS; TEXTUAL DATA;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION METHODS, TOTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 80054854048     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2011.610353     Document Type: Article

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