King K, Fraser W I, Thomas P F
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Scotland.
J Ment Defic Res. 1987 Sep;31 ( Pt 3):279-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1987.tb01371.x.
This study illustrates the use of a computer-assisted linguistic analysis technique to compare the spoken language of an adolescent, diagnosed in childhood as autistic, with that of normal and schizophrenic individuals. A distinctive profile, in keeping with accounts in the literature of autistic speech, was noted to be radically different from that found in linguistic analysis of schizophrenic speech. This distinctive profile was mirrored by her written linguistic analysis. Changes indicative of some improvement in language function were seen on re-recording after 5 years. Implications of this technique for differential diagnosis of Aspberger's syndrome and atypical psychoses are mentioned.
本研究阐述了使用一种计算机辅助语言分析技术，来比较一名童年时被诊断为自闭症的青少年与正常人和精神分裂症患者的口语。与自闭症言语的文献记载相符的独特特征，被发现与精神分裂症言语的语言分析结果截然不同。她的书面语言分析也反映出了这一独特特征。5年后再次录音时，发现了表明语言功能有所改善的变化。文中提到了该技术对阿斯伯格综合征和非典型精神病鉴别诊断的意义。
