Evaluative language and component structure of oral narratives in Williams Syndrome / Marta Shiro, Eliseo Diez-Itza and Maite Fernandez-Urquiza. Part I. Preterm children -- Neuroconstructivism to understand the effect of very preterm birth on language and literacy / Annalisa Guarini, Mariagrazia Zuccarini and Alessandra Sansavini -- Prematurity, executive functions and language: A study with low risk preterm children / Miguel Perez-Pereira, Manuel Peralbo and Alberto Veleiro -- Risk for language delay in healthy preterm and full-term children: A longitudinal study from 22 to 60 months / Mariela Resches, Miguel Perez Pereira, Raquel Cruz Guerrero and Montse Fernandez Prieto -- Word segmentation and mapping in early word learning: Differences between full term and moderately preterm infants / Laura Bosch, Maria Teixido and Thais Agut -- Part II. Specific Language Impairment -- The influence of maternal education on the linguistic abilities of monolingual Spanish-speaking children with and without Specific Language Impairment / B. Alejandra Auza, C. Christian Penaloza and Chiharu Murata -- Idiom understanding competence of Spanish children with Specific Language Impairment and Pragmatic Language Impairment / Clara Andres-Roqueta and Rosa Ana Clemente -- Evaluation of narrative skills in language-impaired children: Advantages of a dynamic approach / Ingrida Balciuniene and Aleksandr N. Kornev -- Real-time comprehension of sentences in children with SLI: Evidence from eye movements / Llorencʹ Andreu, Nadia Ahufinger, Laura Ferinu, Fernanda Pacheco, Spiros Christou, Maria Jose Buj-Pereda, Roser Colome and Monica Sanz Torrent -- Part III. Deafness -- Emotion recognition skills in children with hearing loss: What is the role of language? / Francesc Sidera, Elisabet Serrat, Anna Amado and Gary Morgan -- Executive functions and eye fixations in children with Cochlear Implant / Maria Fernanda Lara Diaz, Carolina Rivera and Silvia Raquel Rodriguez -- Part IV. Genetic syndromes with intellectual disabilities -- The relationship between the lexicon and grammar in Spanish-speaking children with Down syndrome / Donna Jackson-Maldonado, Miguel Galeote and Maria Fernanda Flores Guerrero -- Profiles of grammatical morphology in Spanish-speaking adolescents with Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome / Eliseo Diez-Itza, Manuela Miranda, Vanesa Perez and Veronica Martinez -- Evaluative language and component structure of oral narratives in Williams Syndrome / Marta Shiro, Eliseo Diez-Itza and Maite Fernandez-Urquiza.
Summary:
This book presents a range of ongoing studies on atypical language development in Romance languages. Despite the steady increase in the number of studies on typical language development, there is still little research about atypical language development, especially in Romance languages. This book covers four main conditions causing atypical language development. Part I explores the linguistic and communicative characteristics of preterm children learning Romance languages. The focus of Part II centers on children with Specific Language Impairment. Hearing Loss in Part III is another relevant factor leading to atypical language development. The final part IV zeroes in on genetic syndromes coupled to cognitive impairment with special attention to language development. This book presents a much needed overview of the most recent findings in all relevant fields dealing with atypical language development in children speaking Romance languages.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.