TY - JOUR
T1 - On links between language development and extralinguistic cognitive knowledge
T2 - What we can learn from autism
AU - Schaeffer, Jeannette
AU - Durrleman, Stephanie
AU - Eigsti, Inge Marie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - This Special Issue on linguistic and cognitive development in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) arose from the 42nd Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) (2017), when Jeannette Schaeffer, Stephanie Durrleman, and Inge-Marie Eigsti organized a symposium on this topic. It shows that the study of language development in ASD provides a unique perspective on the associations between the development of syntax, pragmatics, intelligence, theory of mind, and working memory. In addition, it emphasizes the importance of studying children with ASD across the spectrum and across research groups. Such research serves to address an important question in (typical) language acquisition—whether the acquisition of pragmatics and/or syntax requires general intelligence, working memory, phonological memory, and theory of mind, or vice versa.
AB - This Special Issue on linguistic and cognitive development in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) arose from the 42nd Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) (2017), when Jeannette Schaeffer, Stephanie Durrleman, and Inge-Marie Eigsti organized a symposium on this topic. It shows that the study of language development in ASD provides a unique perspective on the associations between the development of syntax, pragmatics, intelligence, theory of mind, and working memory. In addition, it emphasizes the importance of studying children with ASD across the spectrum and across research groups. Such research serves to address an important question in (typical) language acquisition—whether the acquisition of pragmatics and/or syntax requires general intelligence, working memory, phonological memory, and theory of mind, or vice versa.
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U2 - 10.1080/10489223.2020.1769631
DO - 10.1080/10489223.2020.1769631
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087831670
SN - 1048-9223
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Language Acquisition
JF - Language Acquisition
ER -