Lexical Alignment and Communicative Success in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Typical speakers tend to adopt words used by their conversational partners. This "lexical alignment" enhances communication by reducing ambiguity and promoting a shared understanding of the topic under discussion. Lexical alignment has been little studied to date in autism spectrum disorder (ASD); furthermore, it has been studied primarily via structured laboratory tasks that may overestimate performance. This study examined lexical alignment in ASD during discourse and explored associations with communicative success and executive function.

Method

Thirty-one autistic and nonautistic adolescents were paired with a study-naïve research assistant (RA) to complete a social communication task that involved taking turns verbally instructing (guiding) the partner to naviga

SUBMITTER: Stabile M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9940884 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature