Do children with autism acquire the phonology of their peers? An examination of group identification through the window of bilingualism  

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Staunton, Ruth ; Baron-Cohen, Simon

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: First Language (Full Text) vol. 14 no. 42 (Jun. 1994), page 241-248.
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Normal children whose parents have different native languages tend to develop an accent which is closer to their peers than to either parent. It was predicted that children with autism, because of their social deficits, might not acquire the accent of their peers, perhaps because of the lack of the normal drive to identify with peers. Bilingualism was used as a window into such social factors in language acquisition. Using audiotaped speech samples, the study found that in a sample of children with autism who were brought up in England and whose mothers were not English, 83.3% acquired their mother's (non-English) accent. In contrast, among normally-developing siblings of children with autism who were brought up in England and whose mothers were not English, only 12.5% acquired their mother's (non-English) accent. We suggest that such studies of unusual populations are of value in furthering our understanding of the larger population of children with autism, and the influences on normal social development.

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