Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
6. Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
7. Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
8. Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
9. Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
10. Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
11. The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
12. Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
13. Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
14. Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
15. The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
16. Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
17. Index 319