ABCCD
Background
The Autism, Bilingualism, Cognitive and Communicative Development (ABCCD) group of the University of Fribourg focuses on both Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders today, and bilingualism, which is currently more common than monolingualism. Parents of children with ASD often fear that bilingualism may be too difficult for their children, but preliminary studies suggest that bilingualism can enhance areas specifically affected by the autistic condition. Nevertheless, research at the intersection between bilingualism and autism remains sparse and presents limitations that make it difficult to generalize the reported results to children across the spectrum.
Objectives
The work of the ABCCD aims to uncover if and how bilingualism can be beneficial for the development of cognition and communication in children with, and without, ASD. We will carry out an unprecedented large-scale, longitudinal study, involving various European collaborations, to shed light on skills that are negatively affected by ASD yet may potentially be boosted by bilingualism.
Scientific and social implications of the project
The ABCCD findings promise not only theoretical implications, thanks to uncovering new ways that experience shapes the mind, but also practical applications, thanks to shaping evidence-based language policies for the autistic community.
Mitglieder
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Gruppenleiter/in
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Projekte
Publikationen
On the impact of exposure to different languages on Theory of Mind in neurotypical and autistic children
Franziska Baumeister, Pauline Wolfer, Ehsan Solaimani, Moritz M. Daum, Stephanie Durrleman, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (2025) | ArtikelDifferences in Language Impairment Between Developmental Language Disorder and Autism: Insights From Mandarin ba and bei Constructions
Chaowei Nie, Yi (Esther) Su, Stephanie Durrleman, Xiaowei He, Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (2025) | ArtikelBilingualism and second‐order theory of mind development in autistic children over time: Longitudinal relations with language, executive functions, and intelligence
Eleni Peristeri, Margreet Vogelzang, Ianthi Maria Tsimpli, Stephanie Durrleman, Autism Research (2024) | ArtikelParent-led Communication Therapy for Young Bilingual Autistic Children: A Scoping Review
Sarah Oudet, Katie Howard, Christina Gilhuber, Marie Robert, Joanna Zimmerli, Napoleon Katsos, Stephanie Durrleman, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2024) | ArtikelTraining Syntax to Enhance Theory of Mind in Children with ASD
Stephanie Durrleman, Anamaria Bentea, Andreea Prisecaru, Evelyne Thommen, Hélène Delage, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2023) | ArtikelLanguage in autism: domains, profiles and co-occurring conditions
Ileana Grama, Petra Hendriks, Mikhail Kissine, Marta Manenti, Theodoros Marinis, Natalia Meir, Rama Novogrodsky, Alexandra Perovic, Francesca Panzeri, Silvia Silleresi, Nufar Sukenik, Agustín Vicente, Racha Zebib, Philippe Prevost, Laurice Tuller, Jeannette Schaeffer, Muna Abd El-Raziq, Elena Castroviejo, Stephanie Durrleman, Sandrine Ferré, Journal of Neural Transmission (2023) | ArtikelWorking memory training in children with developmental language disorder: Effects on complex syntax in narratives
Hélène Delage, Emily Stanford, Clara Baratti, Stéphanie Durrleman, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences (2023) | ArtikelThe language-communication divide
Stephanie Durrleman, Eleni Peristeri, Ianthi Maria Tsimpli, Evolutionary Linguistic Theory (2022) | ArtikelEarly years autism and bilingualism: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of parent perceptions during lockdown
Sarah Oudet, Katie Howard, Stephanie Durrleman, Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (2022) | ArtikelSyntactic Strategy Training for Theory of Mind in Deaf Children
Stephanie Durrleman, Annie Dumont, Hélène Delage, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (2021) | ArtikelA Preliminary Examination of the Impact of Working Memory Training on Syntax and Processing Speed in Children with ASD
Delage H and Eigsti I and Stanford E and Durrleman S, Journal of autism and developmental disorders (2021) | ArtikelA Preliminary Examination of the Impact of Working Memory Training on Syntax and Processing Speed in Children with ASD
Delage, H. and Eigsti, I.-M. and Stanford, E. and Durrleman, S., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2021) | ArtikelBilingualism effects in the narrative comprehension of children with Developmental Language Disorder and L2-Greek
Peristeri, E. and Andreou, M. and Tsimpli, I.M. and Durrleman, S. (Studies in Bilingualism, 2021) | BuchLocality in the acquisition of object a'-dependencies: Insights from french
Durrleman, S. and Bentea, A., Glossa (2021) | ArtikelRelations between intensionality, theory of mind and complex syntax in autism spectrum conditions and typical development
Schroeder, K. and Durrleman, S. and ?okal, D. and Sanfeliu Delgado, A. and Masana Marin, A. and Hinzen, W., Cognitive Development (2021) | ArtikelThe cognitive benefits of bilingualism in autism spectrum disorder: Is theory of mind boosted and by which underlying factors?
Peristeri, E. and Baldimtsi, E. and Vogelzang, M. and Tsimpli, I.M. and Durrleman, S., Autism Research (2021) | ArtikelTheory-of-mind during childhood: Investigating syntactic and executive contributions
Burnel, M. and Durrleman, S. and Reboul, A. and Carré, A. and Baciu, M. and Perrone-Bertolotti, M., Social Development (2021) | ArtikelWorking memory training enhances complex syntax in children with Developmental Language Disorder
Delage, H. and Stanford, E. and Durrleman, S., Applied Psycholinguistics (2021) | ArtikelAn eye-tracking study of selective trust development in children with and without autism spectrum disorder
Ostashchenko, E. and Deliens, G. and Durrleman, S. and Kissine, M., Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2020) | ArtikelMentalizing: What’s language got to do with it?
Durrleman, S., Language Acquisition (2020) | ArtikelOn links between language development and extralinguistic cognitive knowledge: What we can learn from autism
Schaeffer, J. and Durrleman, S. and Eigsti, I.-M., Language Acquisition (2020) | ArtikelTheory of mind, executive functions, and syntax in bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder
Andreou, M. and Tsimpli, I.M. and Durrleman, S. and Peristeri, E., Languages (2020) | ArtikelTraining complements for belief reasoning in developmental language disorder
Durrleman, S. and Delage, H., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (2020) | ArtikelWorking memory training: What are the effects on memory and syntax in children with developmental language disorder?,Entraînement de la mémoire de travail: Quels effets sur la mémoire et la syntaxe d'enfants présentant un trouble développemental du langage ?,Entrenamiento de la memoria de trabajo: ¿cuáles son sus efectos sobre la memoria y la sintaxis de los ninos con un trastorno del desarrollo del lenguaje?
Delage, H. and Stanford, E. and Piller, A.-G. and Durrleman, S., ANAE - Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l’Enfant (2020) | ArtikelData_Sheet_1_The Impact of Grammar on Mentalizing: A Training Study Including Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder.pdf
Stephanie Durrleman, Morgane Burnel, Jill Gibson De Villiers, Evelyne Thommen, Rachel Yan, Hélène Delage, (2019) | Data setImage_1_The Impact of Grammar on Mentalizing: A Training Study Including Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder.jpeg
Stephanie Durrleman, Morgane Burnel, Jill Gibson De Villiers, Evelyne Thommen, Rachel Yan, Hélène Delage (2019) | SonstigesImage_2_The Impact of Grammar on Mentalizing: A Training Study Including Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder.jpeg
Stephanie Durrleman, Morgane Burnel, Jill Gibson De Villiers, Evelyne Thommen, Rachel Yan, Hélène Delage (2019) | SonstigesThe Impact of Grammar on Mentalizing: A Training Study Including Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder
Durrleman, S. and Burnel, M. and De Villiers, J.G. and Thommen, E. and Yan, R. and Delage, H., Frontiers in Psychology (2019) | ArtikelThe effect of working memory training on a clinical marker of french-speaking children with developmental language disorder
Stanford, E. and Durrleman, S. and Delagea, H., American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2019) | ArtikelDevelopmental dyslexia and specific language impairment: distinct syntactic profiles?
Delage, H. and Durrleman, S., Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (2018) | ArtikelEditorial: Investigating grammar in autism spectrum disorders
Durrleman, S. and Gavarró, A., Frontiers in Psychology (2018) | ArtikelFalse belief and relative clauses in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Durrleman, S. and Hinzen, W. and Franck, J., Journal of Communication Disorders (2018) | ArtikelNot committing has its advantages: Facilitating children's comprehension of object filler-gap dependencies is one of them
Bentea, A. and Durrleman, S., Journal of Child Language (2018) | ArtikelReducing the language content in ToM tests: A developmental scale
Burnel, M. and Perrone-Bertolotti, M. and Reboul, A. and Baciu, M. and Durrleman, S., Developmental Psychology (2018) | ArtikelSentence repetition and language impairment in French-speaking children with ASD , in Language Acquisition and Language Disorders
Silleresi, S. and Tuller, L. and Delage, H. and Durrleman, S. and Bonnet-Brilhault, F. and Malvy, J. and Prévost, P. (2018) | BuchkapitelSyntactic awareness of clitic pronouns and articles in French-speaking children with autism, specific language impairment and developmental dyslexia , in Language Acquisition and Language Disorders
Guasti, M.T. and Delage, H. and Durrleman, S. (2018) | BuchkapitelDo Grammatical and Cognitive Phenotypes Illuminate Each Other? Reflections on Un-Cartesian Linguistics and the Language-ToM Interface
Durrleman, S., Theoretical Linguistics (2017) | ArtikelErratum to “Exploring links between language and cognition in autism spectrum disorders: Complement sentences, false belief, and executive functioning” (J. Commun. Disord. (2015) 54 (15–31) (S0021992414001051) (10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.12.001))
Durrleman, S. and Franck, J., Journal of Communication Disorders (2017) | ArtikelFormal models in the study of language: Applications in interdisciplinary contexts
Blochowiak, J. and Grisot, C. and Durrleman, S. and Laenzlinger, C. (Formal Models in the Study of Language: Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts, 2017) | BuchFormal models in the study of language: Introduction , in Formal Models in the Study of Language: Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts
Blochowiak, J. and Grisot, C. and Durrleman, S. and Laenzlinger, C. (2017) | BuchkapitelGrammar and theory of mind in autism , in Formal Models in the Study of Language: Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts
Durrleman, S. (2017) | BuchkapitelRole of two types of syntactic embedding in belief attribution in adults with or without asperger syndrome
Burnel, M.C. and Perrone-Bertolotti, M. and Durrleman, S. and Reboul, A.C. and Baciu, M., Frontiers in Psychology (2017) | ArtikelThe comprehension of passives in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Durrleman, S. and Delage, H. and Prévost, P. and Tuller, L., Glossa (2017) | ArtikelTheory of mind in SLI revisited: links with syntax, comparisons with ASD
Durrleman, S. and Burnel, M. and Reboul, A., International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (2017) | ArtikelAutism Spectrum Disorder and Specific Language Impairment: Overlaps in Syntactic Profiles
Durrleman, S. and Delage, H., Language Acquisition (2016) | ArtikelConnections among complementation sentences, executive functioning, and theory of mind in autism , in Innovative Investigations of Language in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Durrleman-Tame, S. and Burnel, M. and Reboul, A. (2016) | BuchkapitelDisentangling sources of difficulty associated with the acquisition of accusative clitics in French
Delage, H. and Durrleman, S. and Frauenfelder, U.H., Lingua (2016) | ArtikelRefining intervention: The acquisition of featural relations in object A-bar dependencies
Bentea, A. and Durrleman, S. and Rizzi, L., Lingua (2016) | ArtikelSyntactic complexity in the comprehension of wh-questions and relative clauses in typical language development and autism
Durrleman, S. and Marinis, T. and Franck, J., Applied Psycholinguistics (2016) | ArtikelThe acquisition of Jamaican Creole: Null subject phenomenon
De Lisser, T.N. and Durrleman, S. and Rizzi, L. and Shlonsky, U., Language Acquisition (2016) | ArtikelThe language cognition interface in ASD: Complement sentences and false belief reasoning
Durrleman, S. and Burnel, M. and Thommen, E. and Foudon, N. and Sonié, S. and Reboul, A. and Fourneret, P., Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (2016) | ArtikelComplex syntax in autism spectrum disorders: A study of relative clauses
Durrleman, S. and Hippolyte, L. and Zufferey, S. and Iglesias, K. and Hadjikhani, N., International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (2015) | ArtikelExploring links between language and cognition in autism spectrum disorders: Complement sentences, false belief, and executive functioning.
Durrleman S and Franck J, Journal of communication disorders (2015) | ArtikelNominal architecture in Jamaican Creole
Durrleman, S., Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (2015) | ArtikelAna Deumert & Stephanie Durrleman (eds.), Structure and variation in language contact. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp.viii, 376. Hb €125.
Kate Whisker, Language in Society (2008) | ArtikelStructure and variation in language contact. Edited by Ana Deumert and Stephanie Durrleman
Geneviève Escure, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (2008) | Artikel - Senior Researcher
