Background: The assessment of pragmatics expressed in spoken language is a central
issue in the evaluation of children with communication impairments and related disorders. A …

This article offers a developmental theory of language and the neural systems that lead to
and subserve linguistic capabilities. Early perceptual experience and discontinuities in …

The landmark reference in the field, completely updated: a comprehensive treatment of a
disorder that is more prevalent than autism. Children with specific language impairment …

Language deficits occur in a variety of developmental disorders including autism spectrum
disorders, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, specific language impairment, and Williams …

Although they often have significant difficulties in other areas, most children with specific
language impairment (SLI) have special difficulties with the understanding and use of …

Roger Brown considered how children come to attach a word to things and categories of
things in the world. Attaching words or names to things and categories is basic to human …

From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities.
This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive …

There has been a long‐standing interest in the relationship between specific language
impairment (SLI) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the last decade Tager‐Flusberg …

While the primary language deficit in autism has been thought to be pragmatic, and in
specific language impairment (SLI) structural, recent research suggests phenomenological …

Communication problems in children that are best described as pragmatic in nature have
been a focus of attention for some years. However, despite this, speech and language …