Motor Stereotypies and language: multimodal aspects of negation in autism

Abstract: Motor stereotypies may represent an indication of the constitution of language by a subject diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. We understand the autist as a subject constructed in / through language, and this as a multimodal operation. We begin with the case study of an autistic child participant in a Study Group and Autistic Spectrum Care - GEAUT/UNICAP to discuss the place of an autist within language, considering the negation movements that present different multimodal settings of 'not' in autism. In the collected data, we found that motor stereotypies and vocalizations with a sense of negation represent multimodal enunciative resources of autistic subjects within language.

摘要：运动刻板行为可作为确诊自闭症谱系障碍（Autism Spectrum Disorder）患者构建语言的指征。我们认为，自闭症个体是在语言之中并通过语言构建而成的主体，而这一构建过程属于多模态运作。本研究以参与自闭症谱系照护研究小组（Study Group and Autistic Spectrum Care，GEAUT/UNICAP）的一名自闭症儿童个案为研究对象，结合自闭症群体中呈现“不”的不同多模态表达场景的否定动作，探讨自闭症个体在语言中的位置。在收集到的数据中，我们发现运动刻板行为与带有否定语义的发声行为，是自闭症个体在语言体系中使用的多模态言说资源。