Uh, Um, and Autism: Filler Disfluencies as Pragmatic Markers in Adolescents with Optimal Outcomes from Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1061-1070

  Irvine, Christina A ^a   Eigsti, Inge Marie ^a   Fein, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Discourse; Disfluency; Fillers; Optimal outcomes; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FILLER DISFLUENCY; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; APTITUDE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; LANGUAGE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957850675     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2651-y     Document Type: Article

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