Relations between language and cognition inWilliams syndrome

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Tables and figures vii
4. List of contributors xiii
5. Williams syndrome 1
6. I. Phenotype and genotype in Williams syndrome
7. Williams syndrome from a clinical perspective 9
8. Genetics of Williams-Beuren syndrome 39
9. II. Language development and language competence inWS
10. Relations between language and cognition inWilliams syndrome 63
11. Spared domain-specific cognitive capacities? Syntax and morphology inWilliams syndrome and Down syndrome 93
12. Phonological processing inWilliams syndrome 125
13. Fast mapping inWilliams syndrome 143
14. Language in preschool Italian children withWilliams and Down syndromes 163
15. Language in Hungarian children with Williams syndrome 187
16. Lexical and morphological skills in English-speaking children withWilliams syndrome 221
17. Regular and irregular inflectional morphology in German Williams syndrome 245
18. Emergent linguistic competence in children withWilliams syndrome 271
19. Wh-questions in Greek children withWilliams syndrome 295
20. The comprehension of complex wh-questions in German-speaking individuals withWS 319
21. Passives in German children with Williams syndrome 345
22. Index of tests 371
23. Index of subjects 373