… communication such as sign language. There are, however, exceptions to this general rule
of speedy and robust language acquisition: Children with specific language impairment (SLI) …

… term "language impairment" will be used in this paper. The vast majority of research dealing
with language impairment has been directed toward examining these children's ability to pro …

… the understanding of language disorders. The term language impairment (LI) is often applied
to children exhibiting a significant deficit in language development without accompanying …

… here that suggests that language impairment (for a group of children defined according to …
distinct from language delay. The provision of such a restricted characterization of impairment/…

… We review empirical findings from children with primary or “specific” language impairment
(PLI) and children who learn a single language from birth (L1) and a second language (L2) …

… level of language functioning. In this article, specifically language-impaired children are …
In this article, I treat SLI children as language learners for whom the linguistic input is filtered …

… are used to define language impairment, we find many children with significant difficulties …
speech and language therapy services, and these are particularly likely to be children of low …

… ; they included 11 children with language impairment (LI), 11 control children matched on …
influenced more by nonverbal than language ability. Some children did have a stable pattern …

… language measures. Finally, we turn to the issue of how many children meet criteria for specific
language impairment… questions: Which measures of language should be considered, and …

… in spoken language ability can play havoc with a child’s … of the public eye, specific language
impairment has been the … of the study of specific language impairment, and it also presents a …