The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

Nudel, Ron; Ceroni, Fabiola; Simpson, Nuala; Newbury, Dianne

doi:10.1075/lald.58.01nud

Part of

Specific Language Impairment: Current trends in research
Edited by Stavroula Stavrakaki
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 58] 2015
► pp. 7–34

The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

Ron Nudel | Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN

Fabiola Ceroni | Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN

Nuala Simpson | Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN

Dianne Newbury | Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN

Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when a child has major problems in learning to talk and/or understand language, despite showing normal development in all other areas (Bishop 2006). In this chapter we will discuss recent research on the genetics of SLI. We will introduce methods used in human genetics and describe studies in which these methods were applied. We will discuss how emerging genetic technologies may be used to investigate the molecular basis of neurodevelopmental disorders and elucidate the biological mechanisms influencing linguistic traits.

Published online: 11 August 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.58.01nud

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