TY - JOUR
T1 - Frequency, Form, and Function of Dyadic Questions in Children With Autism
T2 - A CHILDES Corpus Study
AU - Luyster, Rhiannon
AU - Leiwant, Isabella
AU - Arunachalam, Sudha
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Sudha Arunachalam was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH R01DC016592) in the preparation of the article. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2022.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Children’s questions to their caregivers—and caregivers’ questions to their children—play an important role in child development. For children on the autism spectrum, who often experience cognitive, linguistic, and social difficulties, prior research on questions has resulted in inconsistent and incomplete findings. This study characterized the frequency, form, and function of queries posed by children on the autism spectrum (n = 12), non-spectrum peers (n = 20), and parents, using the Nadig ASD English Corpus in the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES). Results suggested that children on the autism spectrum and their caregivers produced fewer questions than non-spectrum dyads; however, whereas wh-questions were underrepresented in the repertoire of children on the spectrum, they were overrepresented in the repertoire of their parents. Finally, question function was similarly diverse for parents and children across groups. These findings offer important clinical implications for question-asking interventions targeting this population.
AB - Children’s questions to their caregivers—and caregivers’ questions to their children—play an important role in child development. For children on the autism spectrum, who often experience cognitive, linguistic, and social difficulties, prior research on questions has resulted in inconsistent and incomplete findings. This study characterized the frequency, form, and function of queries posed by children on the autism spectrum (n = 12), non-spectrum peers (n = 20), and parents, using the Nadig ASD English Corpus in the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES). Results suggested that children on the autism spectrum and their caregivers produced fewer questions than non-spectrum dyads; however, whereas wh-questions were underrepresented in the repertoire of children on the spectrum, they were overrepresented in the repertoire of their parents. Finally, question function was similarly diverse for parents and children across groups. These findings offer important clinical implications for question-asking interventions targeting this population.
KW - autism
KW - caregiver
KW - language
KW - parent
KW - questions
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U2 - 10.1177/15257401221111336
DO - 10.1177/15257401221111336
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135165917
SN - 1525-7401
VL - 44
SP - 163
EP - 172
JO - Communication Disorders Quarterly
JF - Communication Disorders Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -