The traditional concept of the diagnosis of specific language impairment (SLI) was that it was
a specific diagnostic category involving a pure language problem. The presumption was that …

Language development is characterized by a great deal of variation. For a substantial group
of children, there is such a delay in the development of speech and language that we speak …

Chapters written by leading authorities offer current perspectives on the origins and
development of language disorders. They address the question: How can the child's …

A recent project entitled CATALISE used the Delphi method to reach a consensus on
terminology for unexplained language problems in children.'Developmental language …

In general terms, specific language impairment (SLI) is easy to define: It is diagnosed when
a child fails to make normal progress in language learning for no obvious reason. In …

This chapter considers specific language impairment (SLI) as an example to outline some
ways the domain‐specific and domain‐general approaches that have been used to describe …

Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her
native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or …

The subject of this book, the first in the series “Current Issues in Developmental Psychology”,
is neurodevelopmental disorders. Two types of condition fall under its remit:(1) syndromic …

It is quite clear that it is possible to identify a group of children for whom language and
communication abilities are somehow different from their other skills. We have the …

In this paper, the issue of language impairment is set in a broader perspective of individual
differences. Two aspects of language development are identified in which the discrepancies …