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Smith, Guiditta, Bianchi Janetti, Benedetta, Sarin, Megha and Garraffa, Maria 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-424X
(2023)
Grammar in adults with neurodevelopmental disorders: A scoping review from the last 10 years.
Languages, 8 (4).
ISSN 2226-471X
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Abstract
Little is known of the trajectory of grammar in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) once adulthood and language maturity are reached. Yet, impairments in grammar are reported in children with both communication NDDs, such as Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), and other NDDs, including ASD and ADHD. In the present study, we review studies collected in the last ten years on the grammar of adults with NDDs. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were applied. Included studies assessed sentence-level grammatical abilities through quantitative experiments on adults with a diagnosis of a developmental disorder. Out of 1550 contributions, 29 were selected. The studies included in the review showed that individuals with NDDs show a language deficit when compared to healthy adults. However, a lack of a unified approach to investigations of grammar prevents comparisons on the nature of the language disorder across NDDs, consequently highlighting the existence of a gap in knowledge. This gap must be filled to the benefit of speech pathologists and, ultimately, their patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | grammar,adulthood,neurodevelopmental disorder,adhd,dld,language and linguistics,linguistics and language ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1203 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2023 00:42 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2024 01:39 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/93351 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/languages8040248 |
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