A Multidimensional Reappraisal of Language in Autism: Insights from a Discourse Analytic Study

Autor/inn/en	Sterponi, Laura; de Kirby, Kenton
Titel	A Multidimensional Reappraisal of Language in Autism: Insights from a Discourse Analytic Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2016) 2, S.394-405 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-015-2679-z
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Intervention; Guidelines; Discourse Analysis; Speech Communication; Verbal Communication; Form Classes (Languages); Pragmatics; Correlation; Language Impairments; Interpersonal Competence; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Richtlinien; Diskursanalyse; Analytischer Sprachbau; Pragmalinguistik; Korrelation; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	In this article, we leverage theoretical insights and methodological guidelines of discourse analytic scholarship to re-examine language phenomena typically associated with autism. Through empirical analysis of the verbal behavior of three children with autism, we engage the question of how prototypical features of autistic language--notably pronoun atypicality, pragmatic deficit, and echolalia--might conceal competencies and interactional processes that are largely invisible in mainstream research. Our findings offer a complex picture of children with autism in their use of language to communicate, interact and experience others. Such a picture also deepens our understanding of the interactional underpinnings of autistic children's speech. Finally, we describe how our findings offer fruitful suggestions for clinical intervention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01