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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Background:

  • Communication deficits are central to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
  • Older children with high-functioning autism are often presumed to have intact grammar despite pragmatic challenges.
  • Language heterogeneity in younger children with ASD necessitates further investigation into grammatical abilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate grammatical sensitivity in older children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
  • To examine the relationship between grammatical judgment, sentence length, and early language development markers in ASD.
  • To explore correlations between grammatical performance and autistic symptomatology.

Main Methods:

  • A grammaticality judgment task was administered to 21 participants with ASD (aged 9-17) and 22 typically developing controls.
  • Participants were matched for chronological age, receptive vocabulary, and IQ.
  • Performance was analyzed in relation to sentence length, early speech onset, and autism severity.

Main Results:

  • Participants with ASD demonstrated significantly lower sensitivity to grammatical errors compared to controls.
  • Specific deficits were observed in marking the third-person singular and present progressive tense.
  • Grammatical sensitivity was negatively correlated with sentence length and positively associated with earlier single-word/phrase speech onset and lower autism symptom severity.

Conclusions:

  • Older children with high-functioning autism may exhibit subtle grammatical deficits not typically identified.
  • Grammatical sensitivity in ASD is influenced by factors such as sentence complexity and early language milestones.
  • These findings highlight the need for nuanced assessment of language skills in autism spectrum disorder.