Abstract: . . .  psycholinguistics Page 1 PLINX204 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION – 2006 - 9 Language acquisition in pathology (2) Williams syndrome & Down syndrome Basic reading: Ring & Clahsen, 2005; Scerif & Karmiloff-Smith, 2005; Zukowski, 2004. Additional reading: Schaner-Wolles, 2004; Grzeschik, 2004; Perovic, 2001. Beware of the hype. 1. Outline of the issues: a. What is WS? What is DS? b. What are the linguistic properties of each? i. Are these properties the same or do they (doubly) dissociate? ii. Are they correlated with intelligence or other cognitive phenotypes? iii. Do they indicate ‘deviance’ or (just) ‘delay’? iv. Is the phenotype static over time (from child to adult)? c. What are the genetic aetiologies of each? i. Can these be correlated with any putative linguistic differences? More generally, is it feasible to effect any mapping between specific genes and specific cognitive phenotypes? That is: do ‘pure selective deficits’ exist? ii. Can they be used as evidence for or against specific linguistic theories (e.g. Minimalism versus LFG or HPSG), or cognitive theories . . .
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