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Bibliography: Pragmatic Language Impairment (PLI)

I don't pretend that this list is a complete bibliography of all of the literature on pragmatic language impairment. It is only intended for those who are interested in the subject, and wish to further their knowledge.

[ Dutch: Ik ga er geenszins vanuit dat deze lijst een compleet overzicht is van literatuur over pragmatische taalproblemen. Het is slechts bedoeld voor diegenen die interesse hebben om zich te verdiepen in dit onderwerp. ]

  • Adams, C. (2001). "Clinical diagnostic and intervention studies of children with semantic-pragmatic language disorder." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 36(3): 289-305.
  • Adams, C. and D. V. Bishop (1989). "Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder: I. Exchange structure, turntaking, repairs and cohesion." British Journal of Disorders of Communication 24(3): 211-239.
  • Bishop, D., J. Hartley, et al. (1994). "Why and when do some language-impaired children seem talkative? A study of initiation in conversations of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 24(2): 177-197.
  • Bishop, D. V. (1989). "Autism, Asperger's syndrome and semantic-pragmatic disorder: Where are the boundaries?" British Journal of Disorders of Communication 24(2): 107-121.
  • Bishop, D. V. and C. Adams (1989). "Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder: II. What features lead to a judgement of inappropriacy?" British Journal of Disorders of Communication 24(3): 241-263.
  • Bishop, D. V. M. (1998). "Development of the Children's Communication Checklist (CCC): A method for assessing qualitative aspects of communicative impairment in children." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 39(6): 879-891.
  • Bishop, D. V. M. (2000). Pragmatic language impairment: A correlate of SLI, a distinct subgroup, or part of the autistic continuum? New York, NY, US: Psychology Press. xiii, 305 pp. L. B. B. D. V. M. S. Leonard, c. i. language impairments in children: Causes and outcome.
  • Bishop, D. V. M. and G. Baird (2001). "Parent and teacher report of pragmatic aspects of communication: Use of the Children's Communication Checklist in a clinical setting." Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 43(12): 809-818.
  • Bishop, D. V. M., J. Chan, et al. (2000). "Conversational responsiveness in specific language impairment: Evidence of disproportionate pragmatic difficulties in a subset of children." Development and Psychopathology 12(2): 177-199.
  • Bishop, D. V. M. and C. F. Norbury (2002). "Exploring the borderlands of autistic disorder and specific language impairment: A study using standardised diagnostic instruments." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 43(7): 917-929.
  • Bishop, D. V. M. and C. F. Norbury (2005). "Executive functions in children with communication impairments, in relation to autistic symptomatology 2: Response inhibition." Autism 9(1): 29-43.
  • Bishop, D. V. M. and C. F. Norbury (2005). "Executive functions in children with communication impairments, in relation to autistic symptomatology I: Generativity." Autism 9(1): 7-27.
  • Botting, N. (2004). "Children's Communication Checklist (CCC) scores in 11 year-old children with communication impairments." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 39(2): 215-227.
  • Botting, N. and G. Conti Ramsden (1999). "Pragmatic language impairment without autism: The children in question." Autism 3(4): 371-396.
  • Botting, N. and G. Conti-Ramsden (2003). "Autism, primary pragmatic difficulties, and specific language impairment: can we distinguish them using psycholinguistic markers?" Developmental medicine and child neurology 45(8): 515-24.
  • Camarata, S., M., and T. Gibson (1999). "Pragmatic Language Deficits in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)." Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 5: 207-214.
  • Capps, L., M. Losh, et al. (2000). ""The frog ate the bug and made his mouth sad": Narrative competence in children with autism." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 28(2): 193-204.
  • Farmer, M. (2000). "Language and social cognition in children with specific language impairment." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 41(5): 627-636.
  • Geurts, H. M., S. Verte, et al. (2004). "Can the Children's Communication Checklist differentiate between children with autism, children with ADHD, and normal controls?" Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45(8): 1437-1453.
  • Hays, S. J., B. E. Niven, et al. (2004). "Clinical assessment of pragmatic language impairment: A generalisability study of older people with Alzheimer's disease." Aphasiology 18(8): 693-714.
  • Ingham, R. (2002). "Selective verb deficits in SLI: another look at the autistic spectrum problem." Reading Working Papers in Linguistics 6: 101-118.
  • Kerbel, D. (1998). "A study of idiom comprehension in children with semantic-pragmatic difficulties. Part II: Between-groups results and discussion." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 33(1): 23-44.
  • Laws, G. and D. V. M. Bishop (2004). "Pragmatic language impairment and social deficits in Williams syndrome: A comparison with Down's syndrome and specific language impairment." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 39(1): 45-64.
  • Marton, K., B. Abramoff, et al. (2005). "Social cognition and language in children with specific language impairment (SLI)." Journal of Communication Disorders 38(2): 143-162.
  • Norbury, C. F. (2005). "Barking up the wrong tree? Lexical ambiguity resolution in children with language impairments and autistic spectrum disorders." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 90(2): 142-171.
  • Norbury, C. F. and D. V. M. Bishop (2002). "Inferential processing and story recall in children with communication problems: A comparison of specific language impairment, pragmatic language impairment and high-functioning autism." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 37(3): 227-251.
  • Norbury, C. F. and D. V. M. Bishop (2003). "Narrative skills of children with communication impairments." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 38(3): 287-313.
  • Norbury, C. F., M. Nash, et al. (2004). "Using a parental checklist to identify diagnostic groups in children with communication impairment: A validation of the Children's Communication Checklist-2." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 39(3): 345-364.
  • Redmond, S. M. (2004). "Conversational profiles of children with ADHD, SLI and typical development." Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 18(2): 107-125.
  • Rollins, P. (1999). "Early Pragmatic Accomplishments and Vocabulary Development in Preschool Children with Autism." American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 8: 181-190.
  • Shields, J., R. Varley, et al. (1996). "Social cognition in developmental language disorders and high-level autism." Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 38(6): 487-495.
  • Shields, J. R. (1991). "Semantic-pragmatic disorder: A right hemisphere syndrome?" British Journal of Disorders of Communication 26(3): 383-392.
  • Vigil, V. T., J. A. Eyer, et al. (2005). "Relevant responding in pragmatic language impairment: The role of language variation in the information-soliciting utterance." Child Language Teaching and Therapy 21(1): 1-21.
  • Ziatas, K., K. Durkin, et al. (1998). "Belief term development in children with autism, Asperger syndrome, specific language impairment, and normal development: Links to theory of mind development." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 39(5): 755-763.
  • Ziatas, K., K. Durkin, et al. (2003). "Differences in assertive speech acts produced by children with autism, Asperger syndrome, specific language impairment, and normal development." Development and Psychopathology 15(1): 73-94.