Lexical composition in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-68

  Rescorla, Leslie ^a   Safyer, Paige ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

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

EID: 84870930721     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000912000232     Document Type: Article

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