Multilingual Perspectives on Child Language Disorders / / ed. by Janet L. Patterson, Barbara L. Rodríguez.

This book investigates language disorders in children who speak languages other than, or in addition to, English. The chapters in the first section of the volume focus on language disorders associated with four different syndromes in multilingual populations and contexts. This section discusses lang...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Communication Disorders Across Languages
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • 1. Child Language Disorders Across Languages, Cultural Contexts and Syndromes
  • Part 1: Language Disorders in Specific Clinical Populations
  • 2. Language and Communication Abilities of Bilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • 3. Bilingualism and Children with Down Syndrome
  • 4. Communication in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Impairment and Intervention
  • 5. Multilingual Perspectives on Language in Children with Williams Syndrome
  • Part 2: Language Disorders in Specific Languages
  • 6. Language Disorders in Cantonese-Speaking Children
  • 7. Perspectives on Working with Preschool Children from Panjabi-, Gujarati- and Bengali-Speaking Families
  • 8. Typical Language Development and Primary Language Impairment in Monolingual French-Speaking Children
  • 9. Comparing Measures of Spontaneous Speech of Turkish-Speaking Children With and Without Language Impairment
  • 10. Linguistic Variation and Assessment Implications for Spanish-Speaking Children in the United States
  • Index