Consciência sintática: correlações no espectro do autismo

Cristina De Andrade Varanda,Fernanda Dreux Miranda Fernandes

doi:10.1590/1678-7153.201427415

Abstract

Ten subjects on the autism spectrum (ages ranging from 5 years and 7 months and 14 years and 8 months) were evaluated with the aim of detecting the existence of syntactic awareness and the role it plays in the patterns of language of these subjects. The existence of different language profiles was found through the Syntactic Awareness Test (adapted version). Four subgroups were detected: (a) inferior performance in the correction of ungrammatical sentences and of ungrammatical and non-semantic sentences; (b) inferior performance in the correction of ungrammatical and non-semantic sentences; (c) average performance in all subtests and above average in grammatical judgment; and (d) superior performance in all four subtests. These results are not generalizable for subjects with autism, but reveal evidence of failures in abilities that are present on the autism spectrum with the abilities required for the accomplishment of the tasks.

Highlights

Ten subjects on the autism spectrum were evaluated with the aim of detecting the existence of syntactic awareness and the role it plays in the patterns of language of these subjects
O que ocorre na Prova de Consciência Sintática – Adaptada é que os sujeitos têm de fazer exatamente o oposto disso, ou seja, produzir frases internamente, como as sentenças-alvo na tarefa de julgamento gramatical ou produzir novas frases, a partir da comparação das frases ouvidas com a gramática interna
No grupo de 10 sujeitos avaliados, quatro subgrupos foram identificados, por meio da detecção das diferenças intra-grupo em uma análise de aglomerados do desempenho nos subtestes da Prova de Consciência Sintática – Adaptada

Summary

Introduction

Ten subjects on the autism spectrum (ages ranging from 5 years and 7 months and 14 years and 8 months) were evaluated with the aim of detecting the existence of syntactic awareness and the role it plays in the patterns of language of these subjects. A Prova de Consciência Sintática (Adaptada para crianças no espectro do autismo) é composta de quatro subtestes: Julgamento Gramatical (JG), Correção Gramatical (CG), Correção Gramatical de Frases com Incorreções Gramatical e Semântica (FA) e Categorização de Palavras (CP).

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