This study investigates formal language abilities in French-speaking children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We report on the usefulness of the LITMUS-Sentence-Repetition-French task in distinguishing children with impaired language (ASD-LI) from children with normal language (ASD-LN). We examined complexity of syntactic computation, to determine whether children with ASD-LI behave analogously to children with SLI. Results showed that the ASD-LI group performed like the SLI group, while the ASD-LN group performed like the TD group. Despite the existence of a link between nonverbal IQ (NVIQ) and performance on SR, this correlation was not linear, due to the presence of children with each of the four formal language ability/NVIQ profiles, indicating the possible independence of formal language from nonverbal intelligence.

Silleresi, S., Tuller, L., Delage, H., Durrlemann, S., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Malvy, J., et al. (2018). Sentence repetition and language impairment in French-speaking children with ASD. In A. Gavarro (a cura di), On the Acquisition of the Syntax of Romance Language (pp. 235-258). John Benjamins Publishing Company [10.1075/lald.62.11sil].

Sentence repetition and language impairment in French-speaking children with ASD

Silleresi, S
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2018

Abstract

This study investigates formal language abilities in French-speaking children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We report on the usefulness of the LITMUS-Sentence-Repetition-French task in distinguishing children with impaired language (ASD-LI) from children with normal language (ASD-LN). We examined complexity of syntactic computation, to determine whether children with ASD-LI behave analogously to children with SLI. Results showed that the ASD-LI group performed like the SLI group, while the ASD-LN group performed like the TD group. Despite the existence of a link between nonverbal IQ (NVIQ) and performance on SR, this correlation was not linear, due to the presence of children with each of the four formal language ability/NVIQ profiles, indicating the possible independence of formal language from nonverbal intelligence.
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Autism severity; Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Cognitive profile and NVIQ; Formal language; Sentence repetition; Specific language impairment (SLI);
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On the Acquisition of the Syntax of Romance Language
Gavarro, A
2018
9789027201775
62
John Benjamins Publishing Company
235
258
Silleresi, S., Tuller, L., Delage, H., Durrlemann, S., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Malvy, J., et al. (2018). Sentence repetition and language impairment in French-speaking children with ASD. In A. Gavarro (a cura di), On the Acquisition of the Syntax of Romance Language (pp. 235-258). John Benjamins Publishing Company [10.1075/lald.62.11sil].
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