文档介绍：CLASSIFICATION OF
DEVELOPMENTAL
LANGUAGE DISORDERS
Theoretical Issues and Clinical Implications
Edited by
Ludo Verhoeven • Hans van Balkom
CLASSIFICATION OF
DEVELOPMENTAL
LANGUAGE DISORDERS
Theoretical Issues
and Clinical Implications
CLASSIFICATION OF
DEVELOPMENTAL
LANGUAGE DISORDERS
Theoretical Issues
and Clinical Implications
Edited by
Ludo Verhoeven
Hans van Balkom
University of Nijmegen
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS
2004 Mahwah, New Jersey London
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Classification of developmental language disorders : theoretical issues and clinical
implications / edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Hans van Balkom.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-4122-9 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8058-4123-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Language disorders in children. 2. Child development deviations. 3. Classification.
4. Psycholinguistics. 5. Child psychopathology. I. Verhoeven, Ludo Th. II. Balkom,
Hans van.
C56 2003
¢855—dc21 2002032529
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Contents
Preface ix
Willem J. M. Levelt
INTRODUCTION 1
Developmental Language Disorders: Classification,
Assessment, and Intervention 3
Ludo Verhoeven and Hans van Balkom
PART I: ETIOLOGY 21
1 Characteristics of Children With Specific
Language Impairment 23
Nicola Botting and Gina Conti-Ramsden
2 Neuroplasticity and Development: The Acquisition
of Morphosyntax in Children