Language development in a 3-year-old boy with Prader- Willi syndrome
Atkin, K. and Lorch, Marjorie (2007) Language development in a 3-year-old boy with Prader- Willi syndrome. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 21 (4), pp. 261-276. ISSN 0269-9206.
Abstract
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder which has widespread developmental consequences including motor, cognitive and language delay. Previous research on PWS children has focused primarily on phonological development and dysfluency. In the present study, the lexical development of a boy with PWS was investigated in a series of 18 play sessions recorded over a 4 month period from the ages 3;7 to 3;11. In comparison to the language development of children with Down syndrome this child with PWS appears to display a distinct developmental pattern. The possibility of detailing a behavioural phenotype of genetic disorders affecting language development is discussed.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Prader-Willi syndrome, lexical development, Down syndrome, behavioural phenotype |
| School: | School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > Applied Linguistics and Communication (to 2020) |
| Depositing User: | Marjorie Lorch |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2016 13:33 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/582 |
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