C-Command in the Grammars of Children with High Functioning Autism

Frontiers in Psychology

Neha Khetrapal¹ 

关键词: grammatical development;    reflexives;    negation;    disjunction;    c-command;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00402

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

A recent study questioned the adherence of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to a linguistic constraint on the use of reflexive pronouns (Principle A) in sentences like Bart's dad is touching himself. This led researchers to question whether children with ASD are able to compute the hierarchical structural relationship of c-command, and raised the possibility that the children rely on a linear strategy for reference assignment. The current study investigates the status of c-command in children with ASD by testing their interpretation of sentences like (1) and (2) that tease apart use of c-command and a linear strategy for reference assignment.

【 授权许可】

CC BY