In:Profiling Autism Through Language: Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning
Sumi Kato
[Not in series 246] 2026
► pp. v–vi
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Table of contents
List of abbreviations
Part I.Foundation
Chapter 1.Introduction
Chapter 2.Construction of the spoken language corpus
of ASD and non-ASD
of ASD and non-ASD
Chapter 3.Development of a diagnostic AI-based assessment system
using lexicogrammatical features
using lexicogrammatical features
Chapter 4.Identifying lexicogrammatical discriminators of ASD
Part II.Lexicogrammatical profiles and cognitive patterns in ASD
Chapter 5.Rankshift avoidance and structural simplification in ASD: MLU, lexical density, and the role of working memory
Chapter 6.Discriminators of inferential ability
Chapter 7.Mental space construction and decoupling-related
interpretation in ASD
interpretation in ASD
Chapter 8.Negotiating particles as discriminators of joint attention
and context integration in ASD
and context integration in ASD
Chapter 9.Existential and benefactive constructions
as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and agency
as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and agency
Chapter 10.Parallel clauses as discriminators of repetitive
and restricted behaviors
and restricted behaviors
Chapter 11.Relational attributive processes: Cognitive constraints
on generalization and abstraction
on generalization and abstraction
Chapter 12.Reduced modulation: Obligation markers in ASD discourse
Chapter 13.Cognitive constraints on auxiliary verbs of unintended
outcome and exploratory trial in ASD
outcome and exploratory trial in ASD
Chapter 14.Evaluative language as a discriminator
of socio-cognitive processing in ASD
of socio-cognitive processing in ASD
Chapter 15.Reduced sound-symbolic expression: Cognitive profiles affecting onomatopoeia
Part III.Implications
Chapter 16.Conclusion
References
Appendix
Glossary of key terms
