Children with specific language impairment / Laurence B. Leonard.

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Leonard, Laurence B [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Language, speech, and communicationPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (480 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780262324021
0262324024

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Children with specific language impairment.DDC classification:

618.92/855 23

LOC classification:

RJ496.L35 L46 2014

NLM classification:

WL 340.2

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Contents:

Part I. Foundations -- Introduction -- Characterizing the language deficit: basic concepts -- Part II. Describing the data: linguistic and nonlinguistic findings -- The language characteristics of SLI: a detailed look at English -- SLI across languages -- Exploring the boundaries of SLI -- Part III. Nature and nurture -- The genetics of SLI -- The neurobiology of SLI -- The linguistic and communicative environment -- Part IV. Theoretical Issues -- SLI as a deficit in linguistic knowledge -- Processing limitations and SLI -- SLI as a deficit in specific mechanisms -- Grammatical deficits in SLI and the role of input -- Part V. Clinical issues -- The nature and efficacy of treatment -- Part VI. Conclusions -- Why study SLI revisited.

Summary: "The first edition of this work established Children with Specific Language Impairment as the landmark reference on this condition, considering not only the disorder's history, possible origins, and treatment but also what SLI might tell us about language organization and development in general. This second edition offers a complete update of the earlier volume. Much of the second edition is completely new, reflecting findings and interpretations based on the hundreds of studies that have appeared since the publication of the first edition in 1997. Topics include linguistic details (descriptive and theoretical), word and sentence processing findings, genetics, neurobiology, treatment, and comparisons to such conditions as autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and dyslexia. The book covers SLI in children who speak a wide range of languages, and, although the emphasis is on children, it also includes studies of adults who were diagnosed with SLI as children or are the parents of children with SLI."--Publisher's description.

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"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"The first edition of this work established Children with Specific Language Impairment as the landmark reference on this condition, considering not only the disorder's history, possible origins, and treatment but also what SLI might tell us about language organization and development in general. This second edition offers a complete update of the earlier volume. Much of the second edition is completely new, reflecting findings and interpretations based on the hundreds of studies that have appeared since the publication of the first edition in 1997. Topics include linguistic details (descriptive and theoretical), word and sentence processing findings, genetics, neurobiology, treatment, and comparisons to such conditions as autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and dyslexia. The book covers SLI in children who speak a wide range of languages, and, although the emphasis is on children, it also includes studies of adults who were diagnosed with SLI as children or are the parents of children with SLI."--Publisher's description.

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