Language Competence Across Populations

Abstract

Contents: Y. Levy, J. Schaeffer, Preface. Part I:Language Competence Across Populations. Section 1:The Characterization of Specific Language Impairment. J. Schaeffer, An Introduction. K. Wexler, Lenneberg's Dream: Learning, Normal Language Development, and Specific Language Impairment. M.K. Rice, A Unified Model of Specific and General Language Delay: Grammatical Tense as a Clinical Marker of Unexpected Variation. M. Crago, J. Paradis, Two of a Kind? The Importance of Commonalities and Variation Across Languages and Learners. H.K.J. van der Lely, Do Heterogeneous Deficits Require Heterogeneous Theories? SLI Subgroups and the RDDR Hypothesis. J. Schaeffer, Pragmatics and SLI. J. de Jong, Specific Language Impairment and Linguistic Explanation. D. Ravid, R. Levie, G.A. Ben-Zvi, The Role of Language Typology in Linguistic Development: Implications for the Study of Language Disorders. Section 2:Methodological Concerns. G. Conti-Ramsden, An Introduction. L.B. Leonard, Specific Language Impairment: Characterizing a Deficit. C.B. Mervis, B.F. Robinson, Methodological Issues in Cross-Group Comparisons of Language and/or Cognitive Development. G. Bol, MLU-Matching and the Production of Morphosyntax in Dutch Children With Specific Language Impairment. E. Dromi, L.B. Leonard, A. Blass, Different Methodologies Yield Incongruous Results: A Study on the Spontaneous Use of Verb Forms in Hebrew. Section 3:Language Acquisition in Populations Other than Children With Specific Language Disorders. Y. Levy, An Introduction. H. Tager-Flusberg, Language Impairment in Children With Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Case of Autism. H. Clahsen, C. Temple, Words and Rules in Children With Williams Syndrome. Y. Levy, Basic Language Skills in Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders and the Notion of Brain Plasticity. W. Sandler, On the Complementarity of Signed and Spoken Languages. Part II:Toward a Definition of SLI? D. Ben Shalom, Understanding SLI: A Neuropsychological Perspective. J. de Villiers, Defining SLI: A Linguistic Perspective.