Handbook of child language disorders / edited by Richard G. Schwartz.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Typology of child language disorders. Specific language impairment / Richard G. Schwartz -- Language disorders in children with mental retardation of genetic origin: down syndrome, fragile x syndrome, and Williams syndrome / Andrea McDuffie and Leonard Abbeduto -- Language disorders in children with autism / Joanne Gerenser -- Language disorders in children with hearing impairment / Miranda Cleary -- Dyslexia / Sally E. Shaywitz ... [and others] -- part 2. Bases of child language disorders. Linguistic bases of child language disorders / Irena Botwinik-Rotem and Naama Friedmann -- Neurobiology of child language disorders / Baila Tropper and Richard G. Schwartz -- Attention and memory in child language disorders / Ronald B. Gillam, James W. Montgomery, and Sandra L. Gillam -- Speech perception and production in child language disorders / Jan Edwards and Benjamin Munson -- Genetics of child language disorders / J. Bruce Tomblin -- Model-based approaches to child language disorders / Marc F. Joanisse.

pt. 3. Language contexts of child language disorders. Bilingualism in child language disorders / Elizabeth D. Peña and Lisa M. Bedore -- Cross-linguistic studies of child language disorders / Laurence B. Leonard -- Language variation in child language disorders / Julie A. Washington -- part 4. Deficits, assessment, and intervention in child language disorders. Morphosyntax in child language disorders / Janna B. Oetting and Pamela A. Hadley -- Semantics in child language disorders / Karla K. McGregor -- Syntax in child language disorders / Paul Fletcher -- Pragmatics and social communication in child language disorders / Martin Fujiki and Bonnie Brinton -- Reading and writing in child language disorders / Pamela E. Hook and Charles W. Haynes -- Processing speed, attention, and perception in child language disorders / Jennifer Windsor and Kathryn Kohnert -- part 5. Research methods in child language disorders. Language production approaches to child language disorders / Liat Seiger-Gardner -- Language comprehension approaches to child language disorders / Patricia Deevy -- Research and development in child language intervention: a five-phase model / Marc E. Fey and Lizbeth H. Finestack -- Neuroscience approaches to child language disorders / Valerie L. Shafer and Nathan D. Maxfield.