The form and function processing of lexical tone and intonation in tone-language-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder

• Main Authors: Wang, Li, Xiao, Sanrong, Jiang, Cunmei, Hou, Qingqi, Chan, Alice Hiu Dan, Wong, Patrick C. M., Liu, Fang
• 其他作者: School of Humanities
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2023
• 主題: Humanities::Linguistics; Autistic Children; Tone Languages
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171726
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Studies on how the form versus function aspect of tone and intonation is processed by autistic individuals have mainly focused on speakers of non-tonal languages (e.g., English) with equivocal results. While the samples' heterogeneous cognitive abilities may be contributing factors, the phenoty...