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Williams Syndrome across Languages
Williams Syndrome (WS), aka Williams Beuren Syndrome, is a developmental disorder that we have known about for some forty years. The cause for WS was detected only recently: a micro deletion on chromosome 7, more specifically at the region of chromosome 7q11.23. The cognitive and behavioral profile in WS is characterized by a marked discrepancy between verbal and non-verbal skills combined with relatively spared linguistic skills. Recent research has shown considerable progress defining the areas of intactness in linguistic abilities. This volume builds on that research, giving an overview of the psycholinguistic research undertaken and opening up new perspectives and insights through new data and analyses. This book is of interest to researchers of applied cognitive science and to linguists more occupied with theoretical research.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 36] 2004. xvi, 385 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 4 September 2006
Published online on 4 September 2006
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Tables and figures | pp. vii–xii
- List of contributors | pp. xiii–xvi
- Williams syndrome: An introductionSusanne Bartke and Julia Siegmüller | pp. 1–6
- I. Phenotype and genotype inWilliams syndrome
- Williams syndrome from a clinical perspectiveJulia Siegmüller and Susanne Bartke | pp. 9–37
- Genetics of Williams-Beuren syndromeKarl-Heinz Grzeschik | pp. 39–59
- II. Language development and language competence inWS
- Relations between language and cognition inWilliams syndromeCarolyn B. Mervis, Byron F. Robinson, Melissa L. Rowe, Angela M. Becerra and Bonita P. Klein-Tasman | pp. 63–92
- Spared domain-specific cognitive capacities? Syntax and morphology inWilliams syndrome and Down syndrome: 1Chris Schaner-Wolles | pp. 93–124
- Phonological processing inWilliams syndromeSteve Majerus | pp. 125–142
- Fast mapping inWilliams syndrome: A single case studyMarita Böhning, Franziska Starke and Jürgen Weissenborn | pp. 143–161
- Language in preschool Italian children withWilliams and Down syndromesVirginia Volterra, Olga Capirci, Maria Cristina Caselli and Stefano Vicari | pp. 163–186
- Language in Hungarian children with Williams syndromeÁgnes Lukács, Csaba Pléh and Mihály Racsmány | pp. 187–220
- Lexical and morphological skills in English-speaking children withWilliams syndromeHarald Clahsen, Melanie Ring and Christine Temple | pp. 221–244
- Regular and irregular inflectional morphology in German Williams syndromeMartina Penke and Marion Krause-Burmester | pp. 245–270
- Emergent linguistic competence in children withWilliams syndrome: A study of Hebrew speaking toddlersYonata Levy | pp. 271–293
- Wh-questions in Greek children withWilliams syndrome: A comparison with SLI and normal developmentStavroula Stavrakaki | pp. 295–318
- The comprehension of complex wh-questions in German-speaking individuals withWS: A multiple case studyJulia Siegmüller and Jürgen Weissenborn | pp. 319–343
- Passives in German children with Williams syndromeSusanne Bartke | pp. 345–370
- Index of tests | pp. 371–385
- Index of subjects | pp. 373–385
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