Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder
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Rama Novogrodsky
Abstract
There is an ongoing debate in the SLI field which test should be used as the gold standard test and which markers are the best for the diagnosis of SLI. In the current paper an approach of defining subtypes of SLI based on linguistic domains is suggested. This approach is supported by findings of dissociation between language domains within the group of SLI and by similar dissociations in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This approach is suggested as a better method for clinicians seeking assessment tools and for researchers investigating the origin of the deficit.
Abstract
There is an ongoing debate in the SLI field which test should be used as the gold standard test and which markers are the best for the diagnosis of SLI. In the current paper an approach of defining subtypes of SLI based on linguistic domains is suggested. This approach is supported by findings of dissociation between language domains within the group of SLI and by similar dissociations in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This approach is suggested as a better method for clinicians seeking assessment tools and for researchers investigating the origin of the deficit.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
- Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
- Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
- Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
- Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
- The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
- Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
- Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
- Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
- The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
- Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
- Index 319
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
- Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
- Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
- Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
- Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
- The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
- Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
- Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
- Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
- The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
- Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
- Index 319
