The Effects of Two Levels of Linguistic Constraint on Echolalia and Generative Language Production in Children with Autism.

Rydell, Patrick J.; Mirenda, Pat

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Publication Date: 1991

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The Effects of Two Levels of Linguistic Constraint on Echolalia and Generative Language Production in Children with Autism.

Rydell, Patrick J.; Mirenda, Pat

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v21 n2 p131-57 Jun 1991

This study of 3 boys (ages 5-6) with autism found that adult high-constraint antecedent utterances elicited more verbal utterances in general, including subjects' echolalia; adult low-constraint utterances elicited more subject high-constraint utterances; and the degree of adult-utterance constraint did not influence the mean lengths of subjects' utterances. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Autism, Child Language, Echolalia, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Verbal Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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