Advances in Applied Psycholinguistics, Volume 1: Disorders of first-language development (Cambridge Monographs and Texts in Applied Psycholinguistics)

These volumes, part of the Cambridge Monographs and Texts in Applied Psycholinguistics, present contemporary, high-level reviews of research, theory, and practice in reading, writing, and language-learning and in disorders of first language development. Each review focuses wherever possible on the work of its author or authors. This series will help those involved in psychology, linguistics, education, and speech sciences keep abreast of major developments in the many sub-areas of applied psycholinguistics. Volumes 1 and 2 are bound together in cloth, but for greater accessibility are published separately in paper.-- Provided by publisher Frontmatter......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 List of contributors......Page 11 1 - Is specific language impairment a useful construct?......Page 13 2 - Teaching language form, meaning, and function to specific-language-impaired children......Page 52 3 - Linguistic communication and mental retardation......Page 88 4 - Interactions between linguistic and pragmatic development in learning-disabled children: three views of the state of the union......Page 138 5 - Deafness and language development......Page 192 6 - Language lateralization and disordered language development......Page 232 7 - Language changes in healthy aging and dementia......Page 276 Index......Page 305 This volume presents contemporary, high-level reviews of research, theory, and practice in reading, writing, and language-learning and in disorders of first language development. Anyone involved in psychology, linguistics, education, and speech sciences will find this useful. V. 1. Disorders Of First-language Development -- V. 2. Reading, Writing, And Language Learning. Sheldon Rosenberg, Editor. Includes Bibliographies And Index.