Comparison of Disfluent and Ungrammatical Speech of Preadolescents with and without ASD

Mari Wiklund; Minna Laakso

doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04747-2

Comparison of Disfluent and Ungrammatical Speech of Preadolescents with and without ASD

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This paper analyses disfluencies and ungrammatical expressions in the speech of 11–13-year-old Finnish-speaking boys with ASD (N = 5) and with neurotypical development (N=6). The ASD data were from authentic group therapy sessions and neurotypical data from teacher-led group discussions. The proportion of disfluencies and ungrammatical expressions was greater in the speech of participants with ASD (26.4%) than in the control group (15.5%). Furthermore, a qualitative difference was noted: The ASD group produced long, complex disfluent turns with word searches, self-repairs, false starts, fillers, prolongations, inconsistent syntactic structures and grammatical errors, whereas in the control group, the disfluencies were mainly fillers and sound prolongations. The disfluencies and ungrammatical expressions occurring in the ASD participants’ interactions also caused comprehension problems.

Translated title of the contribution	Vertaileva tutkimus autististen ja neurotyypillisten varhaisnuorten epäsujuvasta ja epäkieliopillisesta puheesta
Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	51
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	2773-2789
Number of pages	17
ISSN	0162-3257
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04747-2
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

6121 Languages
autism
autism spectrum disorder
disfluent speech
ungrammatical speech
comprehension problems
conversation analysis
6163 Logopedics

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Interaction of Preadolescents with Autism – Focus on Speech Prosody, Gaze Behavior and Misunderstanding Situations
Wiklund, M., Voutilainen, A., Laakso, M. S. M., Vainio, M., Määttä, S. K., Vainio, L. & Stevanovic, M.
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Comparison of Disfluent and Ungrammatical Speech of Preadolescents with and without ASD

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