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Brief Report: Are Children with Autism Proficient Word Learners?

Auteurs: Tessa E. Franken, Charlie Lewis, Stephanie A. Malone

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 2/2010

Abstract

Many approaches to word learning argue for the importance of joint attention and other social-pragmatic abilities. This study explored word learning in children with autism (CWA), by examining it in ostensive and non-ostensive contexts, tested through both comprehension and elicited production. Novel nouns were taught to 17 CWA and 13 children with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) using an adapted version of Tomasello and Barton’s (Developmental Psychology, 30: 639–650, 1994) search paradigm. In elicited production for words learnt within an ostensive context, CWA performed at a significantly higher level than MLD children. This is contrary to prior findings and suggests that word learning abilities in CWA have been underestimated.

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Titel: Brief Report: Are Children with Autism Proficient Word Learners?
Auteurs: Tessa E. Franken
Charlie Lewis
Stephanie A. Malone
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0847-8

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