UNSPECIFIED (2003) The interactional significance of formulas in autistic language. In: 9th Meeting of the International-Clinical-Phonetics-and-Linguistic-Association, HONG KONG, PEOPLES R CHINA, MAY 04, 2002. Published in: CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS, 17 (4-5). pp. 299-307.

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Abstract

The phenomenon of echolalia in autistic language is well documented. Whilst much early research dismissed echolalia as merely an indicator of cognitive limitation, later work identified particular discourse functions of echolalic utterances. The work reported here extends the study of the interactional significance of echolalia to formulaic utterances. Audio and video recordings of conversations between the first author and two research participants were transcribed and analysed according to a Conversation Analysis framework and a multi-layered linguistic framework. Formulaic language was found to have predictable interactional significance within the language of an individual with autism, and the generic phenomenon of formulaicity in company with predictable discourse function was seen to hold across the research participants, regardless of cognitive ability. The implications of formulaicity in autistic language for acquisition and processing mechanisms are discussed.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Journal or Publication Title:	CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS
Publisher:	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ISSN:	0269-9206
Official Date:	June 2003
Volume:	17
Number:	4-5
Number of Pages:	9
Page Range:	pp. 299-307
Identification Number:	10.1080/0269920031000080046
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	9th Meeting of the International-Clinical-Phonetics-and-Linguistic-Association
Location of Event:	HONG KONG, PEOPLES R CHINA
Date(s) of Event:	MAY 04, 2002
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/9443

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