Like, it's important: The frequency and use of the discourse marker in older autistic children

Background & Aims Discourse markers, such as well or like , serve a variety of functions to support conversational reciprocity: filling pauses, aiding word-finding, and modulating turn-taking by holding the conversational floor. Previous research shows that autistic individuals use discourse mar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rebekah Jones, Emily R Zane, Ruth B Grossman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-09-01
Series:Autism and Developmental Language Impairments
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415221129132