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[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 58] 2015
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Specific Language Impairment in German Children

Published online: 11 August 2015
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The article provides an overview of linguistic research on SLI in German, concentrating on linguistic markers and accounts of the underlying deficit. It focuses on verbal morpho-syntax and verb placement, characteristic difficulties in German SLI. It argues, however, that the difficulties also concern areas of syntax and semantics such as Wh-questions in accordance with cross-linguistic findings. These broader difficulties point to problems with complex linguistic computations in general – in syntax and semantics – rather than a specific mechanism. Additionally, the article describes deviant development in the acquisition of the lexicon and German verb semantics arguing that specific linguistic properties can reveal deep properties of the syndrome. Finally, new research directions for the identification of cross-linguistic markers of SLI are explored.
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