From acoustics to grammar: Perceiving and interpreting grammatical prosody in adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Coralie CHEVALLIER in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3-2 (April-june 2009)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 3-2 (April-june 2009) . - p.502-516 Titre : From acoustics to grammar: Perceiving and interpreting grammatical prosody in adolescents with Asperger Syndrome Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Coralie CHEVALLIER, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur ; Ira NOVECK, Auteur ; Deirdre WILSON, Auteur Année de publication : 2009 Article en page(s) : p.502-516 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Asperger-Syndrome Prosody Grammar Language Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We report findings concerning the understanding of prosody in Asperger Syndrome (AS), a topic which has attracted little attention and led to contradictory results. Ability to understand grammatical prosody was tested in three novel experiments. Experiment 1 assessed the interpretation of word stress, Experiment 2 focused on grammatical pauses, and Experiment 3 tested the discrimination of the question contour. Acoustic tasks were also used to assess the perception of pitch, duration, intensity and prosodic contours. AS participants performed as well as typically developing controls in all our tasks. This provides support in favour of the view that grammatical prosody is spared in Asperger Syndrome. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2008.10.004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=709 [article] From acoustics to grammar: Perceiving and interpreting grammatical prosody in adolescents with Asperger Syndrome [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Coralie CHEVALLIER, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur ; Ira NOVECK, Auteur ; Deirdre WILSON, Auteur . - 2009 . - p.502-516. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 3-2 (April-june 2009) . - p.502-516 Mots-clés : Asperger-Syndrome Prosody Grammar Language Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We report findings concerning the understanding of prosody in Asperger Syndrome (AS), a topic which has attracted little attention and led to contradictory results. Ability to understand grammatical prosody was tested in three novel experiments. Experiment 1 assessed the interpretation of word stress, Experiment 2 focused on grammatical pauses, and Experiment 3 tested the discrimination of the question contour. Acoustic tasks were also used to assess the perception of pitch, duration, intensity and prosodic contours. AS participants performed as well as typically developing controls in all our tasks. This provides support in favour of the view that grammatical prosody is spared in Asperger Syndrome. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2008.10.004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=709

Scalar Inferences in Autism Spectrum Disorders / Coralie CHEVALLIER in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40-9 (September 2010)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 40-9 (September 2010) . - p.1104-1117 Titre : Scalar Inferences in Autism Spectrum Disorders Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Coralie CHEVALLIER, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur ; Ira NOVECK, Auteur ; Deirdre WILSON, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : p.1104-1117 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism-Spectrum-Disorders Scalar-inference Language Prosody Pragmatics Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : On being told “John or Mary will come”, one might infer that not both of them will come. Yet the semantics of “or” is compatible with a situation where both John and Mary come. Inferences of this type, which enrich the semantics of “or” from an ‘inclusive’ to an ‘exclusive’ interpretation, have been extensively studied in linguistic pragmatics. However, the phenomenon has not been much explored in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), where pragmatic deficits are commonly reported. Here, we present an experiment investigating these inferences. We predicted that, as a result of the reported pragmatic deficits, participants with ASD would produce fewer inferential enrichments of “or” than matched controls. However, contrary to expectations, but in line with recent findings by Pijnacker et al. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 607–618, 2009), performances did not differ across groups. This unexpected finding is discussed in light of the literature on pragmatic abilities in autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-0960-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=108 [article] Scalar Inferences in Autism Spectrum Disorders [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Coralie CHEVALLIER, Auteur ; Francesca HAPPE, Auteur ; Ira NOVECK, Auteur ; Deirdre WILSON, Auteur . - 2010 . - p.1104-1117. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 40-9 (September 2010) . - p.1104-1117 Mots-clés : Autism-Spectrum-Disorders Scalar-inference Language Prosody Pragmatics Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : On being told “John or Mary will come”, one might infer that not both of them will come. Yet the semantics of “or” is compatible with a situation where both John and Mary come. Inferences of this type, which enrich the semantics of “or” from an ‘inclusive’ to an ‘exclusive’ interpretation, have been extensively studied in linguistic pragmatics. However, the phenomenon has not been much explored in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), where pragmatic deficits are commonly reported. Here, we present an experiment investigating these inferences. We predicted that, as a result of the reported pragmatic deficits, participants with ASD would produce fewer inferential enrichments of “or” than matched controls. However, contrary to expectations, but in line with recent findings by Pijnacker et al. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 607–618, 2009), performances did not differ across groups. This unexpected finding is discussed in light of the literature on pragmatic abilities in autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-0960-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=108

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