The Language Patterns Mothers and Fathers Employ with Their Autistic Boys and Girls.

Konstantareas, M. Mary; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Language Patterns Mothers and Fathers Employ with Their Autistic Boys and Girls.

Konstantareas, M. Mary; And Others

Applied Psycholinguistics, v9 n4 p403-14 Dec 1988

Observation of language patterns parents used with their verbal (N=6) or nonverbal (N=6) autistic children revealed that mothers and fathers appeared sensitive to their child's language needs, but differed in how they accommodated them. Mothers used shorter mean lengths of utterance, more prompts, and fewer direct directives than fathers. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Autism, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Styles, Oral Language, Parent Child Relationship, Sex Differences

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Language: English

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