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Spectrums, Subgroups And School-Lunch: The Linguistic Capital Of Students With Autism, Scott Belden
Spectrums, Subgroups And School-Lunch: The Linguistic Capital Of Students With Autism, Scott Belden
Theses and Dissertations
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are known to have difficulties with pragmatic language. There is, however, a subpopulation of those with ASD that exhibits a high competency with pragmatic language. It can be difficult for researchers to find natural contexts to record these high-functioning individuals and examine their spontaneous use of pragmatic language. Additionally, there is a need to move beyond analyzing the cognitive abilities of these individuals to a sociolinguistic exploration of how they use pragmatic abilities to form and navigate social groups.
The research involved in this thesis included audio-visual recordings of 14 high school students with …