Description
The acquisition of language is one of the most remarkable human achievements. When language acquisition fails to occur as expected, the impact can be far-reaching, affecting all aspects of the child’s life and the child’s family. Thus, research into the nature, causes, and remediation of children’s language disorders provides important insights into the nature of language acquisition and its underlying bases and leads to innovative clinical approaches to these disorders.
This second edition of the Handbook of Child Language Disorders brings together a distinguished group of clinical and academic researchers who present novel perspectives on researching the nature of language disorders in children. The handbook is divided into five sections: Typology; Bases; Language Contexts; Deficits, Assessment, and Intervention; and Research Methods. Topics addressed include autism, specific language impairment, dyslexia, hearing impairment, and genetic syndromes and their deficits, along with introductions to genetics, speech production and perception, neurobiology, linguistics, cognitive science, and research methods. With its global context, this handbook also includes studies concerning children acquiring more than one language and variations within and across languages.
Thoroughly revised, this edition offers state-of-the-art information in child language disorders together in a single volume for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students. It will also serve as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in speech-language pathology, audiology, special education, and neuropsychology, as well as for individuals interested in any aspect of language acquisition and its disorders.
Table of Contents
Part I: Typology of Child Language Disorders
1. Specific Language Impairment: Richard G. Schwartz
2. Language Disorders in Children with Intellectual Disability of Genetic Origin: Andrea McDuffie, Angela John Thurman, Marie Moore Channell, and Leonard Abbeduto
3. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Joanne Gerenser and Karece Lopez
4. Hearing Loss: Zara Waldman DeLuca and Miranda Cleary
5. Dyslexia: Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz
Part II: Bases of Child Language Disorders
6. Linguistics in Child Language Disorders: Richard G. Schwartz, Irena Botwinik-Rotem, and Naama Friedmann
7. Neurobiology of Child Language Disorders: Baila Epstein and Richard G. Schwartz
8. Working Memory in Child Language Disorders: Ronald B. Gillam, James W. Montgomery, Sandra L. Gillam, and Julia L. Evans
9. Perception and Production in Child Language Disorders: Jan Edwards and Benjamin Munson
10. Genetics of Child Language Disorders: J. Bruce Tomblin
11. Model-Based Approaches to Child Language Disorders: Marc F. Joanisse
Part III: Language Contexts of Child Language Disorders
12. Bilingualism and Child Language Disorders: Elizabeth D. Pena, Lisa M. Bedore, and Alisa Baron
13. Cross-Linguistic Studies of Child Language Disorders: Laurence B. Leonard
14. African American English and Child Language Disorders: Brandi L. Newkirk-Turner and Lisa Green
Part IV: Deficits, Assessment, and Intervention in Child Language Disorders
15. Morphosyntax in Child Language Disorders: Janna B. Oetting and Pamela A. Hadley
16. Semantics in Child Language Disorders: Karla K. McGregor
17. Syntax In Child Language Disorders: Paul Fletcher And Pauline Frizelle
18. Pragmatics and Social Communication in Child Language Disorders: Martin Fujiki and Bonnie Brinton
19. Reading and Writing in Child Language Disorders: Pamela E. Hook and Charles W. Haynes
20. Processing Speed, Attention, and Perception in Child Language Disorders: Jennifer Windsor
Part V: Research Methods in Child Language Disorders
21. Language Production Approaches to Child Language Disorders: Liat Seiger-Gardner and Diana Almodovar
22. Language Comprehension Approaches to Child Language Disorders: Patricia Deevy
23. Translational and Implementation Research in Child Language Disorders: Lizbeth H. Finestack and Marc E. Fey
24. Neuroscience Approaches to Child Language Disorders: Valerie L. Shafer, Emily R. Zane, and Nathan D. Maxfield
Author Index
Subject Index
