Bilingual exposure might enhance L1 development in Cantonese–English bilingual autistic children: Evidence from the production of focus

• Published in: Autism : the international journal of research and practice Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 1795 - 1808
• Main Authors: Ge, Haoyan, Lee, Albert Kwing Lok, Yuen, Hoi Kwan, Liu, Fang, Yip, Virginia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Accuracy; Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Autistic children; Autistic Disorder - psychology; Bilingual education; Bilingualism; Cantonese; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Chinese languages; Elicitation; Female; Focus; Hong Kong; Humans; Intelligence Quotient; Intelligence tests; Language Development; Language proficiency; Language Skills; Male; Medical personnel; Monolingualism; Multilingualism; Parent educational background; Parent-child relations; Peers; Professional training; Prosody; Receptive language; Short term memory; Vocabulary; Hong Kong; autism spectrum disorders; production of focus; bilingualism

This study investigated bilingualism effects on the production of focus in 5- to 9-year-old Cantonese–English bilingual autistic children’s L1 Cantonese, compared to their monolingual autistic peers as well as monolingual and bilingual typically developing children matched in nonverbal IQ, working m...