Linguistic alignment in adults with and without Asperger's syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1423-1436

  Slocombe, Katie E ^a   Alvarez, Ivan ^a   Branigan, Holly P ^b   Jellema, Tjeerd ^c   Burnett, Hollie G ^c   Fischer, Anja ^a,e   Li, Yan Hei ^a   Garrod, Simon ^d   Levita, Liat ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's Syndrome; Autism spectrum disorder; Conversation; Dialogue; Linguistic alignment; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878680533     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1698-2     Document Type: Article

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