Specific Language Impairment

Current trends in research

Editor

Stavroula Stavrakaki

| Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Hardbound – Available

ISBN 9789027253217 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

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ISBN 9789027268426 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

This volume is dedicated to the field of Specific Language Impairment (SLI), addressing important research questions, including: the interrelation of genetic and cognitive profiles of individuals with SLI; the comorbidity issue and clinical boundaries between SLI and other developmental disorders; cross-linguistic manifestations of SLI; and theory-motivated therapy approaches to individuals with SLI. This volume brings together researchers with different scientific backgrounds and research disciplines, challenging current points of view and offering new perspectives on issues of SLI and developmental disorders.

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 58] 2015. ix, 327 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.58

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii–x
Introduction Stavroula Stavrakaki	1–6
The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) Ron Nudel, Fabiola Ceroni, Nuala Simpson and Dianne Newbury	7–34
Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia Maria Teresa Guasti, Chiara Branchini, Mirta Vernice, Lina Barbieri and Fabrizio Arosio	35–56
Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French Ioanna Talli, Liliane Sprenger-Charolles and Stavroula Stavrakaki	57–88
Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes Frank Wijnen, Elise de Bree, Petra M. van Alphen, Jan de Jong and Aryan van der Leij	89–112
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder Rama Novogrodsky	113–124
Memory profiles of children with SLI Edith L. Bavin	125–144
The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek: Insights from computational models of language acquisition Themis Karaminis and Michael Thomas	145–174
Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development: an exploratory study João Costa and Fernanda Pratas	175–190
Quantification in Catalan SLI Anna Gavarró and Anna Lite	191–214
Specific Language Impairment in German Children Cornelia Hamann	215–252
The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment: The role of phonological saliency, regularity, and frequency Spyridoula Varlokosta and Michaela Nerantzini	253–286
Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI Lisa Archibald	287–318
Index	319–327

“This volume addresses key issues regarding specific language impairment (SLI) from a multi-disciplinary as well as multi-linguistic perspective. A must read for those interested in understanding the interactions between, genetics, cognitive and linguistic factors in the characterisation of SLI, its association with other developmental disorders such as dyslexia and ADHD and how this information can move the field towards theory-driven intervention.”

Gina Conti-Ramsden, The University of Manchester

“I have recommended Specific Language Impairment: Current trends in research for our speech-language pathology students at the University of Tours (and I rarely recommend books that are not in French); this book will also definitely be useful to linguistics graduate students, as well as to all colleagues in the field of psycholinguistics. What I believe to be so useful is the scope of the issues which are addressed, both theoretical and clinical, and I particularly liked the up-to-date coverage (in terms of both literature reviews and reports of important new results) of "interface" pathologies with SLI. This volume is a significant contribution, a veritable showcase of current knowledge on the condition we call specific language impairment.”

Laurie Tuller, University of Tours

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Cited by other publications

Lorenzo, Guillermo & Elena Vares

2020. Flattening Hierarchies. SLI as a Window onto the Architecture of Language . Studia Linguistica 74:2 ► pp. 233 ff.

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Subjects

Linguistics

Language disorders & speech pathology

Language acquisition

Theoretical linguistics

BIC Subject: CFD – Psycholinguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2015012103 | Marc record