Children with Specific Language Impairment

Part 1 Foundations: introduction characterizing the language deficit - basic concepts. Part 2 Describing the data - linguistic and nonlinguistic findings: the language characteristics of SLI - a detailed look at English SLI across languages evidence from nonlinguistic cognitive tasks auditory processing and speech perception. Part 3 Nature and nurture: the genetics and neurobiology of SLI the linguistic and communicative environment. Part 4 Clinical issues: problems of differential diagnosis the nature and efficiency of treatment. Part 5 SLI as a deficit in linguistic knowledge SLI as a limitation in general processing capacity SLI as a processing deficit in specific mechanisms. Part 6 Conclusions: why study SLI revisited.