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Children with autism align syntax in natural conversation
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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:38 authored by Zoë Hopkins, Nicola YuillNicola Yuill, Bill KellerPrevious experimental work has shown that verbal children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) converge linguistically, or align, with an interlocutor, and to the same extent as typical children. However, it is not known whether ASD children align in natural conversation. The studies presented in this paper aimed to address this issue. We measured syntactic alignment in ASD children, first using an experimental task, and second in natural conversation. We found that ASD and typical children aligned to the same extent in both tasks, suggesting that experimental findings about alignment in ASD are ecologically valid. We argue, however, that the experimental measurement of alignment overstates the prevalence of syntactic alignment in children's conversations.
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2012 Doctoral Training Grant (EPSRC); G0942; EPSRC-ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL; EP/K503198/1
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- Published
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Applied PsycholinguisticsISSN
0142-7164Publisher
Cambridge University PressExternal DOI
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2Volume
37Page range
347-370Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2015-01-21Usage metrics
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