An experimental study of word learning in minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
Background and aims When children hear a novel word, they tend to associate it with a novel rather than a familiar object. The ability to map a novel word to its corresponding referent is thought to depend, at least in part, on language-learning strategies, such as mutual exclusivity and lexical con...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Autism and Developmental Language Impairments |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941519834717 |