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This interesting paper, "Do children with autism acquire the phonology of their peers? An examination of group identification through the window of bilingualism" is discussed by Razib Khan on his blog (link below) with the title "Accent tells you about your peers".
http://www.unz.com/gnxp/accent-tells-you-about-your-peers/#comments
This is the direct link to the autism paper:
http://fla.sagepub.com/content/14/42-43/241.short
He references Judith Harris' book, "The Nurture Assumption", which he interprets as mainly standing for the proposition that the shared "family" environment matters much less than people think, and that a large fraction of that environment is the one shared with one's peers.
It's in light of that prism that he interprets the finding that autistic children with parents who have an "accent" in English have the accent of their parents while their non-autistic children have the accent of their peers.
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http://www.unz.com/gnxp/accent-tells-you-about-your-peers/#comments
This is the direct link to the autism paper:
http://fla.sagepub.com/content/14/42-43/241.short
He references Judith Harris' book, "The Nurture Assumption", which he interprets as mainly standing for the proposition that the shared "family" environment matters much less than people think, and that a large fraction of that environment is the one shared with one's peers.
It's in light of that prism that he interprets the finding that autistic children with parents who have an "accent" in English have the accent of their parents while their non-autistic children have the accent of their peers.
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