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UNINA9910790134403321 |
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Autore |
Douglas Susan |
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Titolo |
Understanding actions, states, and events [[electronic resource] ] : verb learning in children with autism / / by Susan Douglas |
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Berlin, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-59761-5 |
9786613627445 |
1-61451-086-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies on language acquisition, , 1861-4248 ; ; 45 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language acquisition |
Language disorders |
Autism in children |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What is autism? -- Chapter 3. Understanding actions, states, and events: Verb learning in children with autism -- Chapter 4. Understanding space and time: Preposition learning in children with autism -- Chapter 5. Verbs of thought, desire, and speech in grammatical development -- Chapter 6. Issues and implications -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores an understudied area of language development in autism - namely, how children with autism learn the meaning of verbs. The key feature is a profile of verb acquisition in autism derived from qualitative analysis of the conversational language of ten children with autism. Douglas examines whether this profile is typical or atypical compared with verb learning in neurotypical children. Verb use is central to linguistic development, and the ability of children with autism to develop and use verb categories is of interest, because verbs also encode information about the number and type of participants and the temporal location of the activity/event. Moreover, the acquisition of verb meanings is often dependent on other cognitive skills, such as the recognition that human beings have beliefs and desires which motivate |
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