Independent raters scanned transcribed conversations from 57 language‐impaired children
and 67 control children aged from 4 to 12 years and identified instances where the normal …

Conversational samples were obtained from 57 children aged from 8 to 12 years with
specific language impairment, and 67 control children aged from 4 to 12 years. Fourteen of …

Eighteen children with specific language impairment (SLI), from 6 to 8 years of age, were
compared with 9 control children matched on age and nonverbal ability (CA controls) and …

The Children's Communication Checklist (CCC) was developed to assess aspects of
communicative impairment that are not adequately evaluated by contemporary standardised …

Two groups of language-impaired children, an 'expressive language impairment'group and
a 'development dyspraxic'group, aged between 4 and 6 years, were assessed on a set of …

The present study investigates patterns of deficits in pragmatic competence in five autistic
adolescents. Pragmatic competence relates to language use in context and represents an …

The diagnosis of semantic'pragmatic language disorder (SPLD) has been the subject of a
number of research studies over the last two decades. Classification and diagnostic …

This study explores the hypothesis that there may be particular difficulties for secondary
school students with specific developmental language disorder (SDLD) in understanding …

This chapter reviews the studies that look at social and pragmatic impairments in children
with Specific language impairment (SLI), considering how frequent these are, and how far …

This study examined learning disabled children's understanding of conversational rules for
initiating the repair of a communicative breakdown. Learning disabled and normal children …