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Direct linkNaylor, Lauren; Van Herwegen, Jo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The current study investigated the development of figurative language production, including different types of figurative expressions, during a fictional narrative in 20 typically developing (TD) children and 20 children with Williams syndrome (WS) aged 7-18 years old. In contrast to previous studies, developmental trajectories showed that (1) the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Genetic Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Children
Carney, Daniel P. J.; Brown, Janice H.; Henry, Lucy A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Williams (WS) and Down (DS) syndromes are characterised by roughly opposing ability profiles. Relative verbal strengths and visuospatial difficulties have been reported in those with WS, while expressive language difficulties have been observed in individuals with DS. Few investigations into the executive function (EF) skills of these groups have…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Expressive Language, Executive Function, Down Syndrome
Asada, Kosuke; Tomiwa, Kiyotaka; Okada, Masako; Itakura, Shoji – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Children with Williams syndrome (WS) have been reported to often face problems in daily communication and to have deficits in their pragmatic language abilities. To test this hypothesis, we examined whether children with WS could modify their verbal communication according to others' attention in order to share what they did. The children with WS…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Pragmatics, Children
