The Acquisition of Relative Clauses in Autism: The Role of Executive Functions and Language.
Purpose: Relative clauses present a well-known processing asymmetry between object-extracted and subject-extracted dependencies across both typical and atypical populations. The present study aimed at exploring the comprehension of object and subject relative clauses as conceptualized by the Relativ...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 54; no. 12; pp. 4394 - 4408 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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