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T1 The production of null subjects by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
A1 Ferrándiz García, Marcela
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
K1 null subject
K1 typically developed (TD)
K1 language acquisition
K1 null subject stage
K1 trastorno del espectro autista (TEA)
K1 sujeto nulo
K1 desarrollo típico (DT)
K1 adquisición del lenguaje
K1 etapa del sujeto nulo
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This dissertation presents a study concerning the production of null subjects by English children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). More specifically, their production will be compared to that by typically developed children (TD) considering a selection of data from both groups of children obtained from spontaneous productions in corpora from the CHILDES project. The analysis of null subjects is focused on three different aspects: the overall production of subjects, the grammatical status of subjects, and the length of the null subject stage. The results obtained in this study reveal that i) ASD children produce a lower number of subjects than TD children; ii) they tend to produce more null subjects (grammatical and ungrammatical) than overt subjects compared to TD children; and, iii) their null subject stage is longer than in TD children. These results lead us to conclude that ASD children encounter difficulties and suffer delays in the production of null subjects in English compared to TD children.
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/71779
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/71779
LA eng
DS UVaDOC
RD 03-mar-2025