Граматични категории в експресивната реч на български деца с аутизъм и техните родители: пилотни данни
Grammatical Categories in the Speech of Bulgarian Children With Autism and Their Parents: Pilot Data

Author(s): Mihaela Barokova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Psycholinguistics, Developmental Psychology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: autism; Bulgarian; expressive vocabulary; grammatical categories; noun bias
Summary/Abstract: The present paper examines the distribution of nouns and verbs in the expressive language of Bulgarian children with autism and their parents. The goal of the study is to assess whether there is a noun bias in the lexical development of Bulgarian children with autism. Language samples from 10 children with autism and their parents were analyzed. The results show a tendency for using more nouns than verbs in the speech of the children but for using more verbs than nouns in the speech of the parents. The study lays the foundation for the examination of a potential noun bias in the speech of Bulgarian children with autism. The results are discussed in the context of similar studies with children acquiring other languages.

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