Table 2.
Comparison between typically developing (TD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children in the different age ranges.
| Grammatical Comprehension | 5 Years | 6 Years | 7 Years | 8 Years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD (n = 21) |
ASD (n = 21) |
p | TD (n = 14) |
ASD (n = 14) |
p | TD (n = 12) |
ASD (n = 12) |
p | TD (n = 7) |
ASD (n = 7) |
p | |
| TCGB Total score | 14.00 (6.51) | 21.38 (8.95) | 0.004 | 6.86 (2.64) | 20.68 (3.27) | 0.000 | 2.79 (1.12) | 14.00 (7.48) | 0.000 | 2.21 (2.02) | 9.14 (4.92) | 0.005 |
| Locative | 1.79 (1.52) | 2.38 (1.84) | ns | 1.00 (0.70) | 2.11 (1.36) | 0.012 | 0.38 (0.57) | 2.17 (1.70) | 0.002 | 0.14 (0.24) | 1.14 (0.85) | 0.011 |
| Inflectional | 3.21 (2.22) | 3.60 (2.40) | ns | 1.04 (1.15) | 2.33 (0.62) | 0.002 | 0.29 (0.33) | 2.42 (1.04) | 0.000 | 0.29 (0.39) | 0.57 (0.45) | ns |
| Affirmative Active | 0.88 (0.74) | 2.29 (1.55) | 0.001 | 0.61 (0.56) | 1.61 (1.66) | 0.043 | 0.25 (0.50) | 1.08 (1.28) | 0.047 | 0.21 (0.57) | 0.64 (0.80) | ns |
| Negative Active | 1.71 (1.27) | 2.07 (1.54) | ns | 1.25 (1.03) | 1.64 (1.26) | ns | 0.46 (0.58) | 1.00 (1.19) | ns | 0.50 (0.58) | 0.79 (0.99) | ns |
| Affirmative Pass. | 2.45 (2.64) | 3.19 (2.11) | ns | 1.07 (1.47) | 3.71 (2.55) | 0.003 | 0.38 (0.38) | 3.00 (2.13) | 0.000 | 0.29 (0.57) | 2.00 (1.68) | 0.025 |
| Negative Passive | 1.64 (1.43) | 2.71 (1.51) | 0.023 | 0.71 (0.80) | 3.07 (1.20) | 0.000 | 0.42 (0.51) | 1.79 (1.47) | 0.006 | 0.43 (0.53) | 1.21 (1.55) | ns |
| Relative | 1.74 (1.34) | 2.74 (1.86) | ns | 0.93 (0.92) | 3.11 (1.91) | 0.001 | 0.50 (0.56) | 1.50 (1.46) | 0.038 | 0.29 (0.39) | 1.71 (0.81) | 0.001 |
| Dative | 0.57 (0.81) | 2.38 (1.22) | 0.000 | 0.25 (0.38) | 2.04 (1.42) | 0.000 | 0.13 (0.31) | 0.92 (0.63) | 0.001 | 0.07 (0.19) | 1.07 (0.67) | 0.003 |