32032195 02 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code Z 246 Eb 15 9789027243195 06 10.1075/z.246 00 EA E107 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 01 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 01 01 Profiling Autism Through Language Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning Profiling Autism Through Language: Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning 1 A01 01 JB code 505472703 Sumi Kato Kato, Sumi Sumi Kato Aomori Chuo Gakuin University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/505472703 01 eng 11 270 03 03 viii 03 00 260 03 10 LAN009040 12 CFD 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.NEURO Neurolinguistics 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.PSYLIN Psycholinguistics 01 06 02 00 Accounts of language in autism tend to focus on English and rarely progress beyond broad characterizations of pragmatic difficulty. This volume draws on a corpus of Japanese-speaking adults with ASD and combines Systemic Functional Linguistics with machine learning, to identify lexicogrammatical features that distinguish ASD from non-ASD discourse. 03 00 Existing accounts of language in autism have tended to focus on English and have rarely progressed beyond broad characterizations of pragmatic difficulty. This volume changes both. Drawing on a clinically defined corpus of Japanese-speaking adults with ASD and combining Systemic Functional Linguistics with machine learning, it identifies 46 lexicogrammatical features that reliably distinguish ASD from non-ASD discourse, with 80% classification accuracy. Each discriminator is interpreted across twelve cognitive-functional domains, including weak central coherence, joint attention, predictive processing, executive function, and working memory, showing precisely how grammatical choices encode neurocognitive profiles. Analyses span a broad range of lexicogrammatical categories, including clause complexes, process types, appraisal, modality, evidentiality, negotiating particles, and sound-symbolic expression. The result is the first book-length, empirically grounded account of lexicogrammatical variability in ASD, with direct implications for diagnostic assessment and language intervention. Essential reading for researchers and clinicians in autism studies, human neuroscience, clinical linguistics, and neurodevelopmental disorders. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/z.246.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027237859.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027237859.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/z.246.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/z.246.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/z.246.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/z.246.hb.png 01 01 JB code z.246.prelim i iv 4 Prelim pages 1 01 04 Prelim pages Prelim pages 01 01 JB code z.246.toc 06 10.1075/z.246.toc v vi 2 Table of contents 2 01 04 Table of contents Table of contents 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.abb 06 10.1075/z.246.abb vii viii 2 Glossary 3 01 04 List of abbreviations List of abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.p1 06 10.1075/z.246.p1 Section header 4 01 04 Part I. Foundation Part I. Foundation 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c1 06 10.1075/z.246.c1 2 8 7 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c2 06 10.1075/z.246.c2 9 25 17 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 2. Construction of the spoken language corpus of ASD and non-ASD Chapter 2. Construction of the spoken language corpus of ASD and non-ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c3 06 10.1075/z.246.c3 26 49 24 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 3. Development of a diagnostic AI-based assessment system using lexicogrammatical features Chapter 3. Development of a diagnostic AI-based assessment system using lexicogrammatical features 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c4 06 10.1075/z.246.c4 50 54 5 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Identifying lexicogrammatical discriminators of ASD Chapter 4. Identifying lexicogrammatical discriminators of ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.p2 06 10.1075/z.246.p2 55 55 1 Section header 9 01 04 Part II. Lexicogrammatical profiles and cognitive patterns in ASD Part II. Lexicogrammatical profiles and cognitive patterns in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c5 06 10.1075/z.246.c5 56 75 20 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 5. Rankshift avoidance and structural simplification in ASD MLU, lexical density, and the role of working memory Chapter 5. Rankshift avoidance and structural simplification in ASD: MLU, lexical density, and the role of working memory 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c6 06 10.1075/z.246.c6 76 100 25 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 6. Discriminators of inferential ability Chapter 6. Discriminators of inferential ability 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c7 06 10.1075/z.246.c7 101 117 17 Chapter 12 01 04 Chapter 7. Mental space construction and decoupling-related interpretation in ASD Chapter 7. Mental space construction and decoupling-related interpretation in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c8 06 10.1075/z.246.c8 118 135 18 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 8. Negotiating particles as discriminators of joint attention and context integration in ASD Chapter 8. Negotiating particles as discriminators of joint attention and context integration in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c9 06 10.1075/z.246.c9 136 160 25 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 9. Existential and benefactive constructions as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and agency Chapter 9. Existential and benefactive constructions as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and agency 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c10 06 10.1075/z.246.c10 161 167 7 Chapter 15 01 04 Chapter 10. Parallel clauses as discriminators of repetitive and restricted behaviors Chapter 10. Parallel clauses as discriminators of repetitive and restricted behaviors 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c11 06 10.1075/z.246.c11 168 173 6 Chapter 16 01 04 Chapter 11. Relational attributive processes Cognitive constraints on generalization and abstraction Chapter 11. Relational attributive processes: Cognitive constraints on generalization and abstraction 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c12 06 10.1075/z.246.c12 174 177 4 Chapter 17 01 04 Chapter 12. Reduced modulation Obligation markers in ASD discourse Chapter 12. Reduced modulation: Obligation markers in ASD discourse 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c13 06 10.1075/z.246.c13 178 185 8 Chapter 18 01 04 Chapter 13. Cognitive constraints on auxiliary verbs of unintended outcome and exploratory trial in ASD Chapter 13. Cognitive constraints on auxiliary verbs of unintended outcome and exploratory trial in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c14 06 10.1075/z.246.c14 186 202 17 Chapter 19 01 04 Chapter 14. Evaluative language as a discriminator of socio-cognitive processing in ASD Chapter 14. Evaluative language as a discriminator of socio-cognitive processing in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c15 06 10.1075/z.246.c15 203 208 6 Chapter 20 01 04 Chapter 15. Reduced sound-symbolic expression Cognitive profiles affecting onomatopoeia Chapter 15. Reduced sound-symbolic expression: Cognitive profiles affecting onomatopoeia 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.p3 06 10.1075/z.246.p3 209 209 1 Section header 21 01 04 Part III. Implications Part III. Implications 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c16 06 10.1075/z.246.c16 210 216 7 Chapter 22 01 04 Chapter 16. Conclusion Chapter 16. Conclusion 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.refs 06 10.1075/z.246.refs 217 235 19 References 23 01 04 References References 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.app1 06 10.1075/z.246.app1 236 252 17 Appendix 24 01 04 Appendix Appendix 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.glo 06 10.1075/z.246.glo 253 260 8 Chapter 25 01 04 Glossary of key terms Glossary of key terms 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.246 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 02 December 2026 01 20261215 C 2026 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027237859 WORLD 09 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 https://jbe-platform.com 29 https://jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027243195 10 08 20261215 01 774032194 02 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code Z 246 Hb 15 9789027237859 06 10.1075/z.246 00 BB 01 01 Profiling Autism Through Language Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning Profiling Autism Through Language: Lexicogrammar, neurocognition, and machine learning 1 A01 01 JB code 505472703 Sumi Kato Kato, Sumi Sumi Kato Aomori Chuo Gakuin University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/505472703 01 eng 11 270 03 03 viii 03 00 260 03 10 LAN009040 12 CFD 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.NEURO Neurolinguistics 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.PSYLIN Psycholinguistics 01 06 02 00 Accounts of language in autism tend to focus on English and rarely progress beyond broad characterizations of pragmatic difficulty. This volume draws on a corpus of Japanese-speaking adults with ASD and combines Systemic Functional Linguistics with machine learning, to identify lexicogrammatical features that distinguish ASD from non-ASD discourse. 03 00 Existing accounts of language in autism have tended to focus on English and have rarely progressed beyond broad characterizations of pragmatic difficulty. This volume changes both. Drawing on a clinically defined corpus of Japanese-speaking adults with ASD and combining Systemic Functional Linguistics with machine learning, it identifies 46 lexicogrammatical features that reliably distinguish ASD from non-ASD discourse, with 80% classification accuracy. Each discriminator is interpreted across twelve cognitive-functional domains, including weak central coherence, joint attention, predictive processing, executive function, and working memory, showing precisely how grammatical choices encode neurocognitive profiles. Analyses span a broad range of lexicogrammatical categories, including clause complexes, process types, appraisal, modality, evidentiality, negotiating particles, and sound-symbolic expression. The result is the first book-length, empirically grounded account of lexicogrammatical variability in ASD, with direct implications for diagnostic assessment and language intervention. Essential reading for researchers and clinicians in autism studies, human neuroscience, clinical linguistics, and neurodevelopmental disorders. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/z.246.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027237859.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027237859.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/z.246.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/z.246.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/z.246.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/z.246.hb.png 01 01 JB code z.246.prelim i iv 4 Prelim pages 1 01 04 Prelim pages Prelim pages 01 01 JB code z.246.toc 06 10.1075/z.246.toc v vi 2 Table of contents 2 01 04 Table of contents Table of contents 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.abb 06 10.1075/z.246.abb vii viii 2 Glossary 3 01 04 List of abbreviations List of abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.p1 06 10.1075/z.246.p1 Section header 4 01 04 Part I. Foundation Part I. Foundation 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c1 06 10.1075/z.246.c1 2 8 7 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c2 06 10.1075/z.246.c2 9 25 17 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 2. Construction of the spoken language corpus of ASD and non-ASD Chapter 2. Construction of the spoken language corpus of ASD and non-ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c3 06 10.1075/z.246.c3 26 49 24 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 3. Development of a diagnostic AI-based assessment system using lexicogrammatical features Chapter 3. Development of a diagnostic AI-based assessment system using lexicogrammatical features 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c4 06 10.1075/z.246.c4 50 54 5 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Identifying lexicogrammatical discriminators of ASD Chapter 4. Identifying lexicogrammatical discriminators of ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.p2 06 10.1075/z.246.p2 55 55 1 Section header 9 01 04 Part II. Lexicogrammatical profiles and cognitive patterns in ASD Part II. Lexicogrammatical profiles and cognitive patterns in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c5 06 10.1075/z.246.c5 56 75 20 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 5. Rankshift avoidance and structural simplification in ASD MLU, lexical density, and the role of working memory Chapter 5. Rankshift avoidance and structural simplification in ASD: MLU, lexical density, and the role of working memory 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c6 06 10.1075/z.246.c6 76 100 25 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 6. Discriminators of inferential ability Chapter 6. Discriminators of inferential ability 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c7 06 10.1075/z.246.c7 101 117 17 Chapter 12 01 04 Chapter 7. Mental space construction and decoupling-related interpretation in ASD Chapter 7. Mental space construction and decoupling-related interpretation in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c8 06 10.1075/z.246.c8 118 135 18 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 8. Negotiating particles as discriminators of joint attention and context integration in ASD Chapter 8. Negotiating particles as discriminators of joint attention and context integration in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c9 06 10.1075/z.246.c9 136 160 25 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 9. Existential and benefactive constructions as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and agency Chapter 9. Existential and benefactive constructions as linguistic windows into self–other differentiation and agency 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c10 06 10.1075/z.246.c10 161 167 7 Chapter 15 01 04 Chapter 10. Parallel clauses as discriminators of repetitive and restricted behaviors Chapter 10. Parallel clauses as discriminators of repetitive and restricted behaviors 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c11 06 10.1075/z.246.c11 168 173 6 Chapter 16 01 04 Chapter 11. Relational attributive processes Cognitive constraints on generalization and abstraction Chapter 11. Relational attributive processes: Cognitive constraints on generalization and abstraction 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c12 06 10.1075/z.246.c12 174 177 4 Chapter 17 01 04 Chapter 12. Reduced modulation Obligation markers in ASD discourse Chapter 12. Reduced modulation: Obligation markers in ASD discourse 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c13 06 10.1075/z.246.c13 178 185 8 Chapter 18 01 04 Chapter 13. Cognitive constraints on auxiliary verbs of unintended outcome and exploratory trial in ASD Chapter 13. Cognitive constraints on auxiliary verbs of unintended outcome and exploratory trial in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c14 06 10.1075/z.246.c14 186 202 17 Chapter 19 01 04 Chapter 14. Evaluative language as a discriminator of socio-cognitive processing in ASD Chapter 14. Evaluative language as a discriminator of socio-cognitive processing in ASD 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c15 06 10.1075/z.246.c15 203 208 6 Chapter 20 01 04 Chapter 15. Reduced sound-symbolic expression Cognitive profiles affecting onomatopoeia Chapter 15. Reduced sound-symbolic expression: Cognitive profiles affecting onomatopoeia 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.p3 06 10.1075/z.246.p3 209 209 1 Section header 21 01 04 Part III. Implications Part III. Implications 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.c16 06 10.1075/z.246.c16 210 216 7 Chapter 22 01 04 Chapter 16. Conclusion Chapter 16. Conclusion 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.refs 06 10.1075/z.246.refs 217 235 19 References 23 01 04 References References 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.app1 06 10.1075/z.246.app1 236 252 17 Appendix 24 01 04 Appendix Appendix 01 eng 01 01 JB code z.246.glo 06 10.1075/z.246.glo 253 260 8 Chapter 25 01 04 Glossary of key terms Glossary of key terms 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.246 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 02 December 2026 01 20261215 C 2026 John Benjamins 02 WORLD WORLD US CA MX 01 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 10 08 20261215 01 00 Unqualified price 02 JB 1 02 140.00 EUR 02 00 Unqualified price 02 118.00 01 Z 0 GBP GB US CA MX 02 01 JB 2 John Benjamins Publishing Company +1 610-853-9131 +1 610-853-9143 Girard.Kratz@casematepublishers.com 01 https://benjamins.com 10 08 20261215 01 00 Unqualified price 02 JB 1 02 182.00 USD