Exceptional Language Development in Down Syndrome: Implications for the Cognition-Language Relationship

by Jean A. Rondal

Book Overview

Advanced language acquisition is possible in spite of serious mental handicap. This is the conclusion reached at the end of a thorough study of the language of a Down syndrome adult woman, exhibiting virtually normal expressive and receptive grammar. This case, presented in this book, is compared to a small number of other exceptional cases of language development in mental retardation. The findings are powerful arguments against the claim that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521369665
• ISBN13: 9780521369664
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"