Sentence Repetition in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairments and Autism: An Investigation of Complex Syntax

Autor/inn/en	Riches, N. G.; Loucas, T.; Baird, G.; Charman, T.; Simonoff, E.
Titel	Sentence Repetition in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairments and Autism: An Investigation of Complex Syntax
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 45 (2010) 1, S.47-60 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.3109/13682820802647676
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Repetition; Syntax; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Language Impairments; Adolescents; Short Term Memory; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Wiederholung; Autismus; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kurzzeitgedächtnis
Abstract	Background: Recent studies have indicated that many children with autism spectrum disorders present with language difficulties that are similar to those of children with specific language impairments, leading some to argue for similar structural deficits in these two disorders. Aims: Repetition of sentences involving long-distance dependencies was used to investigate complex syntax in these groups. Methods & Procedures: Adolescents with specific language impairments (mean age = 15;3, n = 14) and autism spectrum disorders plus language impairment (autism plus language impairment; mean age = 14;8, n = 16) were recruited alongside typically developing adolescents (mean age = 14;4, n = 17). They were required to repeat sentences containing relative clauses that varied in syntactic complexity. Outcomes & Results: The adolescents with specific language impairments presented with greater syntactic difficulties than the adolescents with autism plus language impairment, as manifested by higher error rates on the more complex object relative clauses, and a greater tendency to make syntactic changes during repetition. Conclusions & Implications: Adolescents with specific language impairments may have more severe syntactic difficulties than adolescents with autism plus language impairment, possibly due to their short-term memory limitations. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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