Perception of dialect variation by young adults with high-functioning autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 740-754

  Clopper, Cynthia G ^a   Rohrbeck, Kristin L ^a   Wagner, Laura ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialect; High functioning autism; Language attitudes; Social language; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863827126     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1305-y     Document Type: Article

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