{"product_id":"exceptional-language-development-in-down-syndrome-implications-for-the-cognition-language-relationship-hardback-9780521361675","title":"Exceptional Language Development in Down Syndrome; Implications for the Cognition-Language Relationship (Hardback) 9780521361675","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExceptional Language Development in Down Syndrome\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImplications for the Cognition-Language Relationship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs normal language acquisition possible in spite of serious intellectual impairment? The answer, it would appear, is positive. This book summarizes and discusses recent evidence in this respect.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean A. Rondal (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521361675, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 May 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 16 x 2.9 cm, 0.785 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"I strongly recommend this book to all scholars who are interested in questions about the human mind and its development.\"   Leonard Abbeduto, American Journal of Mental Retardation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIs normal language acquisition possible in spite of serious intellectual impairment? The answer, it would appear, is positive. This book summarizes and discusses recent evidence in this respect. The bulk of the argument comes from the in depth study of a Down Syndrome adult woman with standard trisomy 21, exhibiting virtually normal expressive and receptive grammar. The case is compared to a small number of other exceptional cases of language development in mental retardation, as published in the recent specialized literature. Cases such as those are powerful arguments against 'cognition drives language' or better 'cognition drives grammar' theories and hypotheses. Data analysis and comparison with other empirical indications in language pathology (specific language impaired children, aphasic syndromes, degenerative syndromes, dementias) suggest dividing lines in the language system relevant to the modularity problem. Also, comparison of data on language exceptional and language-typical mentally retarded subjects supplies interesting arguments in favor of a conception of grammatical development as the gradual unfolding of innate species-specific dispositions, which are prevented to be realized ontogenetically in typical mental retardates for reason of the anomalies of early brain development in these subjects.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Language development in Down Syndrome\u003cbr\u003e 3. Exceptional language development in mentally handicapped individuals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cognition-language relationships and modularity issues\u003cbr\u003e 5. A case study\u003cbr\u003e 6. Theoretical discussion\u003cbr\u003e 7. General conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reference list\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language acquisition [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language acquisition\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language%20acquisition%20%5BCFDC%5D%22\"\u003eCFDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007132160280,"sku":"9780521361675","price":92.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521361675i_f3821ed1-2ec2-4160-a8b5-4837dd1614e9.jpg?v=1691375707","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/exceptional-language-development-in-down-syndrome-implications-for-the-cognition-language-relationship-hardback-9780521361675","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}