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ERIC Number: EJ545076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Language and Williams Syndrome: How Intact is "Intact"?
Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; And Others
Child Development, v68 n2 p246-62 Apr 1997
Examined morphosyntax in persons with Williams Syndrome (WS). Analyzed receptive language of English-speaking WS persons and grammatical gender assignment of French-speaking WS persons. Found within-domain dissociations in grammatical gender assignment across several sentence elements and difficulties in understanding embedded sentences, which suggest that the notion of spared, modular language capacities in WS should be reconsidered. (KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Aptitude, Language Impairments, Language Processing, Neurological Impairments, Receptive Language, Syntax
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chromosome Abnormalities; Gender (Language); Williams Syndrome