Zhang, Qing (Date of defense: 2017-09-07)
Vocal learning, one of the subcomponents of language, is put at center stage in this dissertation. The overall hypothesis is that vocal learning lays the foundation for both language evolution (phylogeny) ...
Shi, Ruoyang (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)
[eng] This thesis examines a hitherto uninvestigated aspect of formal thought disorder (FTD), a core symptom of schizophrenia that manifests itself as speech which is difficult to follow often to the ...
Schroeder, Kristen (Date of defense: 2019-07-22)
Reference is a phenomenon both fundamental to communication and inherent to every act of language use. Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are marked by problems of both communication and language. This ...
Vila Borrellas, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2021-02-26)
Understanding questions is key for successful communication. Although deficits in communication are the hallmark of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC), how both yes/no-questions and wh-questions are ...