Abstract:Contrastive focus serves to emphasize the importance of a semantic unit in the language string. Children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to show difficulties in producing this prosodic marker. This study aimed to identify acoustic correlates related to contrastive focus in children with ASD. Nine francophone children with ASD and nine francophone typically developing (TYP) children produced simple four-word sentences (for example, «C’est une chaise.»: «it is a chair.») in a neutral condition and t… Show more
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