Language Skills in Down Syndrome

Abstract

People with Down Syndrome (DS) tend to ommit grammatical markers indicating number, gender, time, among others. They also have production deficits affecting function words in obligatory contexts such as prepositions, conjunctions and pronouns. In the current chapter, we will review studies that have explored language comprehension and production skills and their relationships with other cognitive abilities. We will emphasise research on language comprehension indicating that children with DS identify, anticipate a referent and potentially, learn novel words based on morphological cues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)