A study on an alleged case of Spanish SLI and the founder effect
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Anna Gavarró
Abstract
According to Villanueva et al. (2008), the incidence of Specific Language Impairment in the child population of a Chilean South Pacific island is 35%, five to seven times higher than in the continental population. While this research pinpointed a relationship between the children’s genetic profile and SLI, it failed to provide much detail as regards their linguistic performance. The goal of our research is to start filling this gap through the administration of a series of language tests carried out on the children of the island. The tests are intended to measure areas of linguistic development formerly identified as vulnerable in Spanish SLI and include non-word and sentence repetition, the use of determiners and the production of relative clauses. Our preliminary results show some age effect but no difference between the children of islander ascent and those of continental origin.
Abstract
According to Villanueva et al. (2008), the incidence of Specific Language Impairment in the child population of a Chilean South Pacific island is 35%, five to seven times higher than in the continental population. While this research pinpointed a relationship between the children’s genetic profile and SLI, it failed to provide much detail as regards their linguistic performance. The goal of our research is to start filling this gap through the administration of a series of language tests carried out on the children of the island. The tests are intended to measure areas of linguistic development formerly identified as vulnerable in Spanish SLI and include non-word and sentence repetition, the use of determiners and the production of relative clauses. Our preliminary results show some age effect but no difference between the children of islander ascent and those of continental origin.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Biolinguistic investigations on the Language Faculty vii
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Section 1. Language faculty
- The biolinguistics program 3
- Symbol taxonomy in biophonology 41
- The centrality of speech for human thought 55
- Electroencephalographic evidence of vowels computation and representation in human auditory cortex 79
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Section 2. Language variation
- Feature values and the expression of variation 103
- Object pronouns in the evolution of Romanian 125
- The interplay of silent nouns and (reduced) relatives in Malay adjectival modification 145
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Section 3. Language (acquisition and) impairments
- A study on an alleged case of Spanish SLI and the founder effect 169
- Syntax and its interfaces at the low and high ends of the autism spectrum 195
- Communication in schizophrenia, between pragmatics, cognition, and social cognition 213
- Author index 235
- Subject index 237
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Biolinguistic investigations on the Language Faculty vii
-
Section 1. Language faculty
- The biolinguistics program 3
- Symbol taxonomy in biophonology 41
- The centrality of speech for human thought 55
- Electroencephalographic evidence of vowels computation and representation in human auditory cortex 79
-
Section 2. Language variation
- Feature values and the expression of variation 103
- Object pronouns in the evolution of Romanian 125
- The interplay of silent nouns and (reduced) relatives in Malay adjectival modification 145
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Section 3. Language (acquisition and) impairments
- A study on an alleged case of Spanish SLI and the founder effect 169
- Syntax and its interfaces at the low and high ends of the autism spectrum 195
- Communication in schizophrenia, between pragmatics, cognition, and social cognition 213
- Author index 235
- Subject index 237
