4. Learning Words in a Social World: Impairments Associated With ASD and Fragile X Syndrome

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Foreword xi
5. References xii
6. Acknowledgments xv
7. Introduction: Perspectives on Language in ASD 1
8. 1. Eye-Tracking as a Window on Language Processing in ASD 13
9. 2. Sentence Processing in Young Children With ASD 35
10. 3. Looking Through Their Eyes: Tracking Early Language Comprehension in ASD 49
11. 4. Learning Words in a Social World: Impairments Associated With ASD and Fragile X Syndrome 71
12. 5. Parental Input to Children With ASD and Its Influence on Later Language 89
13. 6. The Effect of Computational Complexity on the Acquisition of French by Children With ASD 115
14. 7. Advanced Syntax and Primary Pragmatics in Children With ASD 141
15. 8. Connections Among Complementation Sentences, Executive Functioning, and Theory of Mind in Autism 163
16. 9. Language Acquisition in ASD: Beyond Standardized Language Measures 183
17. 10. Recall, Structure, and Complexity in Story Retellings by Children With ASD 201
18. 11. Language Representation and Language Use in Children With Optimal Outcomes From ASD 225
19. Index 245
20. About the Editor 255