The art of common ground: Emergence of a complex pragmatic language skill in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-80

  De Marchena, Ashley ^a   Eigsti, Inge Marie ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPEECH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NARRATION; SOCIAL SKILLS; SPEECH;

EID: 84949724500     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000915000070     Document Type: Review

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