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Publication Date: 2025-Jan
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"Hablando" at Home: Examining the Interactional Resources of a Bilingual Autistic Child
Journal of Child Language, v52 n1 p135-157 2025
Daily language interactions predict child outcomes. For multilingual families who rear neurodiverse children and who may be minoritized for their language use, a dearth of research examines families' daily language interactions. Utilizing a language socialization framework and a case study methodology, 4,991 English and Spanish utterances from a 5-year old autistic child and his family were collected during naturally occurring interactions over 10 days. Utterances were analyzed for patterns of code-switching by speaker, activity setting, English or Spanish initial language, and code-switch function. Spanish was spoken in most activities. For reading, both languages were equally employed by the father. While participants used both languages across all activity settings, significant variations in code-switching type and function were observed by activity setting and speaker. We discuss implications for how home language resources can be integrated into autism interventions.
Descriptors: Child Language, Bilingualism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Spanish, Speech Acts, English, Preschool Children, Code Switching (Language), Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Socialization, Family Environment
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Author Affiliations: 1Education Studies Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA; 2Erikson Institute, Herr Research Center, Chicago, USA; 3Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Boston, USA; 4Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, USA

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