TILAR4

[Brian MacWhinney]

Folks,
     Here is an announcement for the fourth volume of the TILAR  
series.  This series is published by IASCL and edited by Steven  
Gillis and Annick DeHouwer. Current IASCL members will receive this  
book as a part of their membership.

Developmental Theory and Language Disorders
Edited by Paul Fletcher and Jon F. Miller
University College Cork / University of Wisconsin-Madison
The chapters in this volume arise from presentations at a unique  
conference on typical and atypical language development held in  
Madison, USA in 2002.
This joint meeting of the International Association for the Study of  
Child
Language, and the Symposium for Research in Child Language Disorders
brought together – for the first time in such large numbers –  
researchers
from these two distinct but related fields. The week-long schedule of  
the
conference allowed for an in-depth interrogation of their theoretical
positions, methodologies and fi ndings. In the contributions to this  
volume
we have put together a carefully selected set of papers which from  
various
perspectives explore the linkage between developmental theory and
language impairment, and at the same time illustrate the effects of  
distinct
conditions – hearing loss, autism, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome
and specific language impairment – on the communication abilities of
affected individuals. An introductory chapter, and a detailed summary
which picks up recurring themes in the chapters, complete the volume.

[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 4] 2005. x, 207 pp.
Hb 90 272 3474 4 EUR 80.00  USD 96.00

Table of contents

Developmental theory and language disorders: Background issues
Jon F. Miller and Paul Fletcher

Constraints on language development: Insights from developmental  
disorders
Michael S.C. Thomas

Constructions and language development: Implications for language  
impairment
Paul Fletcher, Stephanie Stokes and Anita Wong

Language development in Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome:
Current research and implications for theory and practice
Leonard Abbeduto and Robin S. Chapman

The role of language and communication impairments within autism
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Heather M. Geye and Susan Ellis Weismer

Language acquisition in children with a cochlear implant
Karen Schauwers, Steven Gillis and Paul Govaerts

Critical periods in the acquisition of lexical skills: Evidence from  
deaf individuals
Amy R. Lederberg and Patricia E. Spencer

Developmental theory and language disorders: A thematic summary
Michael Garman, Deborah James and Vesna Stojanovik