Rethinking echolalia: Repetition as interactional resource in the communication of a child with autism

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-304

  Sterponi, Laura ^a   Shankey, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ECHOLALIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; SPEECH;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; ECHOLALIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84894502488     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000912000682     Document Type: Article

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