Definitions versus categorization: Assessing the development of lexico-semantic knowledge in Williams syndrome

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-373

  Purser, Harry R M ^a   Thomas, Michael S C ^b   Snoxall, Sarah ^b   Mareschal, Denis ^b   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developmental; language; semantics; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956086931     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682822.2010.497531     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Anderson, M., 1998, Mental retardation, general intelligence and modularity. Learning and individual differences, 10, 159-178. (Pubitemid 128180563)
2. Ansari, D., Donlan, C., Thomas, M. S. C., Ewing, S. A., Peen, T., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2003, What makes counting count? Verbal and visuo-spatial contributions to typical and atypical number development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 85, 50-62. (Pubitemid 36881057)
3. Bellugi, U., Bihrle, A., Jernigan, T., Trauner, D., and, Doherty, S., 1990, Neuropsychological, neurological, and neuroanatomical profile of Williams syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Supplement, 6, 177-189.
4. Bellugi, U., Bihrle, A., Neville, H., Jernigan, T., and, Doherty, S., 1992, Language, cognition, and brain organization in a neurodevelopmental disorder. In, M. Gunnar, and, C. Nelson, (eds), Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates), pp. 201-232.
5. Bellugi, U., Lichtenberger, L., Jones, W., Lai, Z., St. George, M., 2000, The neurocognitive profile of Williams syndrome: A complex pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 (Supple.), 7-29. (Pubitemid 30410262)
6. Bellugi, U., Marks, S., Bihrle, A., and, Sabo, H., 1988, Dissociation between language and cognitive function in Williams syndrome. In, D. Bishop, and, K. Mogford, (eds), Language Development in Exceptional Circumstances (Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone), pp. 177-189.
7. Bellugi, U., Wang, P. P., and, Jernigan, T. L., 1994, Williams syndrome: An unusual neuropsychological profile. In, S. Broman, and, J. Grafman, (eds), Atypical Cognitive Deficits in Developmental Disorders: Implications for Brain Function (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum), pp. 23-56.
8. Benelli, B., Arcuri, L., and, Marchesini, G., 1988, Cognitive and linguistic factors in the development of word definitions. Journal of Child Language, 15, 619-635.
9. Brock, J., 2007, Language abilities in Williams syndrome: a critical review. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 97-127. (Pubitemid 46455942)
10. Brock, J., Jarrold, C., Farran, E. K., Laws, G., and, Riby, D., 2007, Do children with Williams syndrome have really good vocabulary knowledge? Methods for comparing cognitive and linguistic abilities in developmental disorders. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 21, 673-688. (Pubitemid 47288533)
11. Clahsen, H., Ring, M., and, Temple, C., 2004, Lexical and morphological skills in English-speaking children with Williams syndrome. In, S. Bartke, and, J. Siegmueller, (eds), Williams Syndrome Across Languages (Amsterdam: Benjamins), pp. 221-244.
12. Donnai, D., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2000, Williams syndrome: from genotype through to the cognitive phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 97, 164-171.
13. Dunn, L. M., Dunn, L. M., Whetton, C., and, Burley, J., 1997, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II (Windsor: NFER-Nelson).
14. Ewart, A. K., Morris, C. A., Atkinson, D., Jin, W., Sternes, K., Spallone, P., Stock, A. D., Leppert, M., and, Keating, M. T., 1993, Hemizygosity at the elastin locus in an developmental disorder, Williams syndrome. Nature Genetics, 5, 11-16. (Pubitemid 23261511)
15. Farran, E. K., and, Jarrold, C., 2003, Visuo-spatial cognition in Williams syndrome: reviewing and accounting for strengths and weaknesses in performance. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 173-200. (Pubitemid 36422966)
16. Howlin, P., Davies, M., and, Udwin, O., 1998, Cognitive functioning in adults with Williams syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 39, 183-189. (Pubitemid 28075987)
17. Jarrold, C., and, Brock, J., 2004, To match or not to match? Methodological issues in autism-related research. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 81-86. (Pubitemid 38468644)
18. Jarrold, C., Hartley, S. J., Phillips, C., and, Baddeley, A. D., 2000, Word fluency in Williams syndrome: evidence for unusual semantic organization. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 5, 293-318.
19. Johnson, S. C., and, Carey, S., 1998, Knowledge enrichment and conceptual change in folk-biology: evidence from Williams syndrome. Cognitive Psychology, 37, 156-200. (Pubitemid 128428616)
20. Karmiloff-Smith, A., 1998, Development itself is the key to understanding developmental disorders. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2, 389-398. (Pubitemid 28461986)
21. Laing, E., Grant, J., Thomas, M., Parmigiani, C., Ewing, S., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2005, Love is â∥ an abstract word: The influence of lexical semantics on verbal short-term memory in Williams syndrome. Cortex, 41, 169-179. (Pubitemid 40192681)
22. Mervis, C., and, Bertrand, J., 1997, Developmental relations between cognition and language: evidence from Williams syndrome. In, L. B. Adamson, and, M. A. Romski, (eds), Research on Communication and Language Disorders: Contribution to Theories of Language Development (New York, NY: Brookes), pp. 75-106.
23. Morris, C. A., Dempsey, S. A., Leonard, C. O., Dilts, C., and, Blackburn, B. L., 1988, Natural history of Williams syndrome: physical characteristics. Journal of Paediatric Medicine, 113, 318-326.
24. Rossen, M., Klima, E. S., Bellugi, U., Bihrle, A., and, Jones, W., 1996, Interaction between language and cognition: evidence from Williams syndrome. In, J. H. Beitchman, N. J. Cohen, M. M. Konstantareas, and, R. Tannock, (eds), Language Learning and Behavior (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press), pp. 367-392.
25. Sperber, D., and, Wilson, D., 1987, Precis of relevance: communication and cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10, 697-754.
26. Stevens, T., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 1997, Word learning in a special population: do individuals with Williams syndrome obey lexical constraints Journal of Child Language, 24, 737-765. (Pubitemid 127359230)
27. Stojanovik, V., Van Ewijk, L., 2008, Do children with Williams syndrome have unusual vocabularies Journal of Neurolinguistics, 21, 18-34. (Pubitemid 350286672)
28. Temple, C. M., Almazan, M., and, Sherwood, S., 2002, Lexical skills in Williams' syndrome: a cognitive neuropsychological analysis. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 15, 463-495.
29. Thal, D., Bates, E., and, Bellugi, U., 1989, Language and cognition in two children with Williams syndrome. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 3, 489-500. (Pubitemid 19230580)
30. Thomas, M. S. C., 2008, L'acquisition du langage dans les pathologies du developpement [Language development in developmental disorders]. In, M. Kail, M. Fayol, and, M. Hickmann, (eds), L'apprentissage des langues (Paris: CNRS Editions), pp. 451-475.
31. Thomas, M. S. C., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2005, Can developmental disorders reveal the component parts of the human language faculty Language Learning and Development, 1, 65-92.
32. Thomas, M. S. C., Annaz, D., Ansari, D., Scerif, G., Jarrold, C., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2009, Using developmental trajectories to understand developmental disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52, 336-358.
33. Thomas, M. S. C., Dockrell, J. E., Messer, D., Parmigiani, C., Ansari, D., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2006, Speeded naming, frequency and the development of the lexicon in Williams syndrome. Language and Cognitive Processes, 21, 721-759. (Pubitemid 44184069)
34. Thomas, M. S. C., Purser, H. R. M., and, Richardson, F. M., forthcoming 2010a, Modularity and developmental disorders. In, P. D. Zelazo, (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
35. Thomas, M. S. C., Van Duuren, M., Purser, H. R. M., Mareschal, D., Ansari, D., and, Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2010b, The development of metaphorical language comprehension in typical development and in Williams syndrome. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106, 99-114.
36. Tyler, L. K., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Voice, K., Stevens, T., Grant, J., Udwin, O., Davies, M., and, Howlin, P., 1997, Do individuals with Williams syndrome have bizarre semantics? Evidence for lexical organization using an on-line task. Cortex, 33, 515-527. (Pubitemid 27460496)
37. Udwin, O., and, Dennis, J., 1995, Psychological and behavioural phenotypes in genetically determined syndromes: a review of research findings. In, G. O'Brien, and, W. Yule, (eds), Behavioural Phenotypes. Clinics in Developmental Medicine. No. 138 (London: MacKeith).
38. Udwin, O., Howlin, P., and, Davies, M., 1996, Adults with Williams Syndrome: Guidelines for Families and Professionals (Tonbridge Kent: The Williams Syndrome Foundation).
39. Udwin, O., and, Yule, W., 1990, Expressive language of children with Williams syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Supplement, 6, 108-114. (Pubitemid 20285181)
40. Volterra, V., Caselli, M. C., Capirci, O., Tonucci, F., and, Vicari, S., 2003, Early linguistic abilities in Italian children with Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 33-58. (Pubitemid 36426921)
41. Wilson, D., and, Sperber, D., 2004, Relevance theory. In, L. Horn, and, G. Ward, (eds), The Handbook of Pragmatics (Oxford: Blackwell), pp. 607-632.
42. Wilson, M. D., 1988, The MRC Psycholinguistic Database: Machine Readable Dictionary, Version 2. Behavioural Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 20, 6-11.