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Children with Specific Language Impairment /

"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 ge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leonard, Laurence B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : The MIT Press, [2014]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.