Multilingual Perspectives on Child Language Disorders

✍ Scribed by Janet L. Patterson (editor); Barbara L. Rodríguez (editor)

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 264
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book investigates language disorders in children who speak languages other than, or in addition to, English. The volume aims to stimulate thoughtful clinical practices and further research in language disorders in multilingual populations.

✦ Table of Contents

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

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