“…The thesis also addresses another gap in the literature. There has been a significant amount of research on atypical discourse patterns (Fine, 2006;Fine, Bartolucci, Szmatmari, & Ginsberg, 1994;Chaika, 1990) and the possible cognitive underpinnings of these patterns (Fine, 1985;Chaika & Lambe, 1989;Brandao, Castello, van Dijk, Parente, & Pena-Casanova, 2009;Rogalski, Altmann, Plummer D'Amato, Behrman, & Marsiske, 2010), including research that has used SFL to examine atypical discourse patterns (Rochester, Martin, & Thurston, 1977;Fine, 1985;Fine et al 1994).…”