In:Profiling Autism Through Language: Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning
Sumi Kato
[Not in series 246] 2026
► pp. 161–167
Chapter 10Parallel clauses as discriminators of repetitive and restricted behaviors
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Article outline
- 10.1Overview
- 10.2Repetitive speech and RRBs in ASD
- 10.3Parallel clauses and expansion–elaboration–exemplifying
as structured repetition - 10.4Cognitive accounts of repetitive clause structure
- 10.4.1WCC and detail-focused speech
- 10.4.2Executive function deficits and perseverative speech in ASD
- i.Cognitive rigidity and difficulty shifting discourse
- ii.Inhibitory control deficits and overproduction of examples
- 10.4.3Predictive processing deficits and speech patterns in ASD
- 10.5Chapter conclusion
