Developmental Theory and Language Disorders

Name: Developmental Theory and Language Disorders
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Paul Fletcher Jon F. Miller(Herausgeber*in)

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Erschienen am 26. Mai 2005

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Developmental Theory and Language Disorders
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
List of contributors
Preface
Developmental theory and language disorders
1. Introduction
2. Specific language impairment
2.1. Inclusion criteria
2.2. Selectivity and sensitivity of language tests
2.3. The gold standard
2.4. SLI sub-types
3. Language in children with developmental disabilities
4. Conclusion
Constraints on language development
1. Introduction
2. Development produces the disorder
3. Characterizing the developmental process
3.1. Interactivity
3.2. Compensation
4. The example of Williams syndrome
5. Computational investigations into constrained development
5.1. The contribution of the developmental process to producing behavioral impairments
5.2. Case study: English past tense formation in Williams syndrome
5.3. Domain-specific versus domain-general deficits: A possible approach to explaining behavioral impairments in SLI
5.4. Inferences from the comparison of developmental profiles height8pt depth3pt width0pt across disorders
6. Conclusions
Constructions and language development
1. Introduction
2. The historical background
3. The lexicon in grammar
3.1. The developing role of the lexicon in grammar
3.2. Construction grammar
4. Specific language impairment in Cantonese
4.1. The characteristics of Cantonese
4.2. Specific language impairment in Cantonese
4.3. Faultlines in the language of Cantonese-speaking children with language impairment (CSLI)
5. Assessment and intervention from a constructional perspective
5.1. Assessment
5.2. Intervention
6. Conclusion
Language development in Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome
1. Language development and the behavioral phenotype of Down syndrome
2. The emerging behavioral phenotype in Down syndrome
3. Predictors of individual difference
4. Implications for modular vs. interactive theories of language acquisition
5. The critical period hypothesis
6. Implications for clinical practice
7. Language development and the behavioral phenotype of fragile X syndrome
8. The emerging behavioral phenotype in fragile X syndrome
9. Predictors of individual difference
10. Implications for modular vs. interactive theories of language acquisition
11. Implications for clinical practice
12. Integrating research on Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome
Notes
The role of language and communication impairments within autism
1. History of language/communication impairments in autism: Kanner's 11 patients
2. History of the role of language/communication impairments in autism: 1970-1990
3. Emerging view of the role of language/communication impairments within autism
4. The overlap between autism and Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
5. The overlap between autism and pragmatic language impairment
6. The overlap between autism and Asperger's disorder
7. The overlap between autism and Landau-Kleffner syndrome
8. The overlap between autism and specific language delay
9. Future directions and recommendations
Language acquisition in children with a cochlear implant
1. Introduction
2. Comments on methodology in CI studies
3. Effectiveness of CI: General measures
3.1. Results on the Reynell Developmental Language Scales (RDLS)
3.2. Results on other general language tests
3.3. Conclusion
4. Language in CI children: Development in specific sub-domains
4.1. Prelexical babbling
4.2. Phonological development
4.3. Intelligibility
4.4. Lexical development
4.5. Morphosyntactic development
4.6. Pragmatic development
5. Factors affecting language outcomes in CI children
5.1. Age at implantation
5.2. Educational approaches
5.3. Implant characteristics
5.4. Child characteristics
5.5. Level of pre-operative hearing
5.6. Length of CI experience
5.7. Speech perception
5.8. Higher-level cognitive factors
6. Conclusion
Critical periods in the acquisition of lexical skills
1. Introduction
2. Critical periods and semantic abilities
2.1. Evidence from sign language
2.2. Evidence from timing of intervention during early childhood
2.3. Evidence from children with cochlear implants
3. Critical periods and word learning processes
4. Conclusions
Developmental theory and language disorders
1. Introduction
2. A framework for language disorders and developmental theory
3. Issues
3.1. Similarities and differences, in normal and atypical language development
3.2. Partitions and relations in the language system: Lexicon vs. syntax
3.3. Partitions and relations in the language system: Phonology vs. lexicon and syntax
3.4. Modular vs. interactive accounts
3.5. Critical periods and implications for intervention
4. Conclusions and directions for further research
References
Author index
Subject index
The series Trends in Language Acquisition Research

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