Morphological and syntactic skills in language samples of pre school aged children with autism: Atypical development?

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-108

  Park, Carlie J ^a   Yelland, Gregory W ^a   Taffe, John R ^a   Gray, Kylie M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Language; Morphology; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858214817     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2011.645555     Document Type: Article

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