ORCA Autism Seminar Series 2022
Spontaneous discourse and information processing style: a study of conversation among youth with ASD
| When |
February 28, 2022
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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| Where |
Join meeting: https://ohsu.webex.com/ohsu/j.php?MTID=m8e4e7e1d3bfa779b99f086098cd2617f Join by phone +1-503-388-9555 Access code: 120 404 9230 |
| Contact Information |
Sarah Mastel
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Jessica de Villiers, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures, The University of British Columbia
Jessica de Villiers, Ph.D. is a linguist at the University of British Columbia working in the area of ASD and language. Her research is focused on clinical linguistics, and she has conducted several studies of pragmatic language use, disfluencies and discourse of children and youth with ASD, with a focus on free-standing conversations. She is particularly interested in interactive processes in conversation, and the connections among language, cognition and social communication.