| The
psychology of language disorders in children
Autumn
Semester 2005:
Reading and Resources Note:
This list will be updated throughout the semester.
If
you want to buy a book, have a look at our online Bookshop
on the Psychology homepage: click
here
Interesting web sites: Caroline Bowen's site has information on milestones of normal language acquisition, speech development, atypical development and loads more: click here Home page of British Stammering Association with a lot of interesting links, e.g., to research: click here The webpages of the The Institute of Linguistics, Mexico contain a useful diagram of the organs of articulation and a glossary explaining the articulation of many sounds: click here Professor Chris Darwin from Sussex University has a very useful website on hearing: click here For a nice illustration of the frequencies and intensities of familiar sounds, click here. For a catalogue of books, videos, DVDs, CD-Roms about sign language and deaf issues, as well as many links to websites on deaf issues, see the site of Forest Books: click here One
(of very many) websites on cochlear implants is this one from Great
Ormond Street Hospital for children in London: click
here.
Reading suggestions: Books (all available on Restricted Loan from M/O library) Essential Reading: Bishop, D.V.M. & Leonard, L. (Eds.) (2000). Speech and language impairments in children: Causes, characteristics, intervention and outcome. Hove : Psychology Press. Bishop,
D.V.M., & Mogford, K. (Eds.) (1993). Language development in exceptional
circumstances. Hove: Erlbaum.
Recommended Reading: Bishop, D.V.M. (1997). Uncommon understanding: Development and disorders of language comprehension in children. Hove: Psychology Press. Chiat, S. (2000). Understanding children with language problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Crystal, D. (1980). Introduction to language pathology. London: Edward Arnold. Gregory, S., & Hartley, G.M. (Eds.) (1991). Issues in deafness. Constructing deafness. London: Pinter, in association with the Open University. (M/O 362.42/CON). Kyle, J. (Ed.). (1990) Deafness and sign language into the 1990s: ongoing research work in the Bristol programme. Bristol: Deaf Studies Trust. (M/O 419/DEA). Lane, H. (1993). The mask of benevolence: disabling the deaf community. New York: Vintage Books. (M/O 362.42/LAN). Lane, H., Hoffmeister, R., & Bahan, B. (1996). A journey into the deaf world. San Diego, Calif.: Dawn Sign Press. (M/O 362.42/LAN) Leonard, L. (2000). Children with specific language impairment. Cambridge: MIT Press. McCauley, R. J. (2001). Assessment of language disorders in children. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Morgan, G. (in press). Biology and behaviour: insights from the acquisition of sign language. To appear in A. Cutler (Ed.) Twenty-first century psycholinguistics: Four cornerstones. LEA. (click here for pdf version of the chapter). Roots,
J. (1999). The politics of visual language: deafness, language choice and
political socialization.
References to brush up on normal language acquisition: Altmann, G. T. M. (1998). The ascent of Babel. Oxford: OUP. Berko Gleason, J. (2001). The development of language. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Fletcher, P., & McWhinney, B. (Eds.). (1995). The handbook of child language. Oxford: Blackwell. Gleitman, L.R., & Liberman, M. (Eds.) (1995). An invitation to cognitive science. Volume 1: Language. London: MIT Press. Harley,
T. A. (2001). The Psychology of Language. 2nd edition. Psychology Press:
Hove.
Michnick Golinkoff, R. & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (1999). How babies talk. New York: Penguin Plume. Pinker,
S. (1995). The language instinct. London: Penguin.
Recommended Journal Articles: Here's a selection of recommended papers. You should also try an online search for journal articles yourselves, e.g., by going to: www.sciencedirect.com. Many
journals are available on-line via Derby University Library:
Special Issue of: Language and Cognitive Processes: 2001, Volume 16, numbers 2 - 3. (available via EBSCO). Contains a range of papers covering topics such as Williams Syndrome, Specific Language impairment, deafness, picture naming skills in children with reading disorders, word finding difficulties, language impairment in autism, speech and gesture in children with Specific Language Impairment. Adams, C., & Bishop, D.V.M. (1989). Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder. I: Exchange structure, turntaking, repairs and cohesion. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 211-239. [available online at: www.mugsy.org//spd1.htm]. Bishop, D.V.M. (1989). Autism, Asperger‘s Syndrome and semantic-pragmatic diosorder: where are the boundaries? British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 107-121. [available online at: www.mugsy.org/bishop.htm]. Bishop, D.V.M., & Adams, C. (1989). Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder. II: What features lead to a judgement of inappropriacy? British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 241-263. [available online at: www.mugsy.org./spd2.htm]. Chin, S.B., Tsai, P.L., & Gao, S. (2003). Connected speech intelligibility of children with cochlear implants and children with normal hearing. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology, 12(4), 440-451. click here for online version Eisenberg, S. (1997). Investigating children's language: A comparison of conversational sampling and elicited production. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 26 (5), 519-538. click here for pdf paper Farmer, M. (2000). Language and social cognition in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41(5), 627-636. (click here to find pdf version of paper). Hesketh, A., Adams, C., Nightingale, C., & Hall, R. (2000). Phonological awareness therapy and articulatory training approaches for children with phonological disorders: a comparative outcome study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 35 (3), 337–354. Kjelgaard, M.M , & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2001). An investigation of language impairment in autism: Implications for genetic subgroups. Language and Cognitive Processes, 16(2/3), 287-308. (available via EBSCO). Klann-Delius, G., & Hofmeister, C. (1997). The development of communicative competence of securely and insecurely attached children in interactions with their mothers. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 26 (1), 69-88. click here for pdf paper Law, J., Dockrell, J., Williams, K., & Seef, B. (2001). The I CAN early years evaluation project. Executive summary of a report submitted to I CAN – November 2001. click here for pdf paper Masterson, J., & Hayes, M. (2004). UK data from 197 undergraduates for the Nelson Denny Reading Test. Journal of Research in Reading, 27(1), 30-35. (at KR). Oliver, B., Dale, P.S., & Plomin, R. (2004). Verbal and nonverbal predictors of early language problems: an analysis of twins in early childhood back to infancy. Journal of Child Language, 31, 609-631. (available via EBSCO). Snowling, M., Bishop, D.V.M. & Stothard, S.E. (2000). Is pre-school language impairment a risk factor for dyslexia in adolescence? Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 41, 5, 587-600. (click here to find pdf version of paper). Vargha-Khadem,
F., Watkins, K., Alcock, K., Fletcher, P., & Passingham, R. (1995).
Praxic and nonverbal cognitive deficits in a large family with a genetically
transmitted speech and language disorder. Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92,
930-933. (click
here to find pdf version of paper).
Selection of relevant journals
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