Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by a microdeletion of∼ 25 genes on
chromosome 7q11. 23, is associated with mild to moderate intellectual disability or learning …

Objective: This review aimed to evaluate the additional benefit of pediatric cochlear
implantation before 12 months of age considering improved speech and language …

We have argued that dynamically defined articulatory gestures are the appropriate units to
serve as the atoms of phonological representation. Gestures are a natural unit, not only …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

Linguists routinely emphasise the primacy of speech over writing. Yet, most linguists have
analysed spoken language, as well as language in general, applying theories and methods …

Recent studies of vocal development in infants have shed new light on old questions of how
the speech capacity is founded and how it may have evolved in the human species …

It contrasts data-based interactionist, cognitive models of phonological development with
earlier deductive behaviorist and structuralist accounts. Setting these models in current …

The traditional belief that audition plays only a minor role in infant vocal development
depends upon evidence that deaf infants produce the same kinds of babbling sounds as …

Progressing gradually from babbling to meaningful sentences is something most babies do
naturally. But why do they? John L. Locke's answer constitutes a fascinating journey along …

This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a
league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary …