Comprehension of wh-questions precedes their production in typical development and autism spectrum disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-123

  Goodwin, Anthony ^a   Fein, Deborah ^a   Naigles, Letitia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Grammar; Language; Production; Wh questions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPREHENSION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 84865346530     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1220     Document Type: Article

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