This review of recent work on language development in children and adolescents with Down syndrome focuses on sentence structure, grammatical words, and vocabulary. Evidence is summarized for a specific expressive language impairment, over and above the cognitive delay associated with the syndrome. A
Symbolic functioning and language development in children with Down syndrome
โ Scribed by Ciara O'Toole; Shula Chiat
- Book ID
- 111740671
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 283 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-2822
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