Autism and the use of fillers: Differences between ‘um’ and ‘uh’

Rebecca Lunsford; Peter A. Heeman; Lois Black; Jan Van Santen

Autism and the use of fillers: Differences between ‘um’ and ‘uh’

Rebecca Lunsford, Peter A. Heeman, Lois Black, Jan Van Santen

Institute on Development and Disability

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Abstract

Little research has been done to explore differences in the use of the fillers ‘um’ and ‘uh’ between children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and those with typical development (TD). Quantifying any differences could aid in diagnosing ASD, understanding its nature, and better understanding the mechanisms involved in dialogue processing. In this paper, we report on a study of dialogues between clinicians and children with ASD or TD, finding that the two groups of children differ substantially in their use of ‘um’ but not ‘uh’. This suggests that these two fillers result from different cognitive processes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	107-110
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2010
Event	5th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech, DiSS 2010 and the 2nd International Symposium on Linguistic Patterns in Spontaneous Speech, LPSS 2010 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: Sep 25 2010 → Sep 26 2010

Conference

Conference	5th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech, DiSS 2010 and the 2nd International Symposium on Linguistic Patterns in Spontaneous Speech, LPSS 2010
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	9/25/10 → 9/26/10

Keywords

autism
disfluencies
fillers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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Autism and the use of fillers: Differences between ‘um’ and ‘uh’. / Lunsford, Rebecca; Heeman, Peter A.; Black, Lois et al.
2010. 107-110 Paper presented at 5th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech, DiSS 2010 and the 2nd International Symposium on Linguistic Patterns in Spontaneous Speech, LPSS 2010, Tokyo, Japan.

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