This article introduces the P-chain, an emerging framework for theory in psycholinguistics
that unifies research on comprehension, production and acquisition. The framework …

Williams syndrome is a rare genetic disorder in which, it is claimed, language abilities are
relatively strong despite mild to moderate mental retardation. Such claims have, in turn …

This article considers three theories of autism: The Theory of Mind Deficit, Executive
Dysfunction and the Weak Central Coherence accounts. It outlines each along with studies …

Automatic text simplification is a research field in computational linguistics that studies
methods and techniques to simplify textual content. Text simplification methods should …

Purpose Mounting evidence demonstrates deficits in children with specific language
impairment (SLI) beyond the linguistic domain. Using meta-analysis, this study examined …

All children with autism spectrum disorders have deficits in pragmatic aspects of
communication; however, formal language abilities are extremely heterogeneous, ranging …

Thirty years of research has uncovered the broad principles that characterize spoken word
processing across listeners. However, there have been few systematic investigations of …

Deficits in procedural learning have been hypothesized to contribute to the language and in
particular grammatical difficulties of individuals with specific language impairment (SLI). This …

The Handbook of Child Language Disorders provides an in-depth, comprehensive, and
state-of-the-art review of current research concerning the nature, assessment, and …

Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often described as being characterised by a
uniform pragmatic impairment. However, recent evidence suggests that some areas of …