Language in boys with fragile X syndrome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yonata Levy (0000-0002-4458-6053, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), RIKI GOTTESMAN (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), ZVI BOROCHOWITZ (Bnai Zion Medical Center), MOSHE FRYDMAN (0000-0003-2631-756X, Tel Aviv University), Michal Sagi (Hadassah Medical Center) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-144 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s030500090500718x |
| PMID | 16566323 |
| OpenAlex | W2056472493 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The current paper reports of language production in 15 Hebrew-speaking boys, aged 9;0–13;0, with fully methylated, non-mosaic fragile X syndrome and no concomitant diagnosis of autism. Contrary to expectations, seven children were non-verbal. Language production in the verbal children was studied in free conversations and in context-bound speech. Despite extra caution in calculating MLU, participants' language level was not predicted by mean utterance length. Context bound speech resulted in grammatically more advanced performance than free conversation, and performance in both contexts differed in important ways from performance of typically developing MLU-matched controls. The relevance of MLU as a predictor of productive grammar in disordered populations is briefly discussed
Developmental psychology · Fragile X syndrome · Language development · Linguistics · Psychiatry · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Congenital heart defects research · Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |