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Developmental Profiles in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Theoretical and methodological implications
Silvia Silleresi
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 68] 2023
► pp. 83–126

Chapter 3
Repetition tasks for evaluating language abilities in monolingual and bilingual children on the autism spectrum

Article outline
  • 3.1Introduction
  • 3.2Exploring performance of monolingual and bilingual children on the autism spectrum via NWR and SR
    • 3.2.1Nonword repetition (NWR) tasks
      • 3.2.1.1Studies employing NWR tasks
    • 3.2.2General conclusions on NWR tasks
    • 3.2.3Final remarks and limitation of studies using NWR tasks
      • Methodological tools used for evaluating structural language abilities [RQ1 and RQ3]
      • Profiles of phonological abilities via NWR tasks [RQ2]
    • 3.2.4Sentence Repetition (SR) tasks
      • 3.2.4.1Literature review on studies that employed SR tasks
    • 3.2.5General conclusions on SR tasks
    • 3.2.6Final remarks and limitation of studies using SR tasks
      • Methodological tools used for evaluating structural language abilities [RQ1 and RQ3]
      • Profiles of morphosyntactic abilities via SR tasks [RQ2]
  • 3.3General conclusions on structural language abilities in monolingual and bilingual children on the autism spectrum: The use of repetition tasks
    • Methodological tools used for evaluating structural language abilities
  • 3.4Summary and concluding remarks
  • Notes
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