What is it about?
This book aims to fill the current void of studies on atypical language development in Romance languages, giving them visibility and showing the last research in this area. Despite the increase in the number of studies in typical language development in other languages than English, there is still little research about atypical language development, especially in Romance languages. This book covers four main conditions that lead to atypical language development. The first part of the present book explores the linguistic and communicative characteristics of preterm children learning Romance languages. The second part of this book is centred in children with Specific Language Impairment. Another relevant factor leading to atypical language development is the hearing loss (HL) and the third part of the book is dedicated to this difficulty. Finally, this book focuses on genetic syndromes that course with cognitive impairment with a special mention for language development.
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Why is it important?
This book summarizes the last findings in the most relevant fields that lead to atypical language development in children speaking Romance languages.
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This book covers the main findings of four conditions that lead to atypical language development in Romance Languages: Prematurity, deafness, Specific Language Impairment, and genetic syndromes.
Dr Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla
Universitat de les Illes Balears
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This page is a summary of: Atypical Language Development in Romance Languages, June 2019, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/z.223.
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