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A systematic multi-disciplinary study of the language and writing systems affecting the emergence of dyslexia. The study challenges theoretical claims that stem from single language research and single discipline viewpoints. It will appeal to students and researchers working on language acquisition, psycholinguistics and language disorders.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. Developmental dyslexia: a cross-linguistic perspective Ludo Verhoeven, Charles Perfetti and Kenneth Pugh; Part I. Developmental Dyslexia across Languages and Writing Systems: 2. Developmental dyslexia in English Charles Perfetti and Lindsay Harris; 3. Developmental dyslexia in French Caroline Sprenger-Charolles; 4. Developmental dyslexia in Dutch Ludo Verhoeven; 5. Developmental dyslexia in Czech-Slovakian Markéta Caravolas, Marína Mikulajová and Anna Kuchaská; 6. Developmental dyslexia in Finnish Heikki Lyytinen, Ulla Richardson and Mikko Aro; 7. Developmental dyslexia in Russian Marina Zhukova and Elena Grigorenko; 8. Developmental dyslexia in Hebrew David Share, Michal Shany and Orly Lipka; 9. Developmental dyslexia in Japanese Teiko Wydell; 10. Developmental dyslexia in Chinese Min Xu, Li Hai Tan and Charles Perfetti; Part II. Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Developmental Dyslexia: 11. Behavioral precursors of developmental dyslexia Karin Landerl; 12. Neural predictors of developmental dyslexia Elizabeth Norton, John Gabrieli and Nadine Gaab; 13. Neurocognitive markers of developmental dyslexia Lan Shuai, Stephen Frost, Nicole Landi, Einar Mencl and Kenneth Pugh; 14. Role of visual attention in developmental dyslexia Andrea Facoetti, Sandro Franceschini and Simone Gori; 15. Morphological and semantic processing in developmental dyslexia S. Hélène Deacon, Xiuli Tong and Catherine Mimeau; 16. Modeling the variability of developmental dyslexia Johannes C. Ziegler, Conrad Perry and Marco Zorzi; 17. Modeling developmental dyslexia across languages and writing systems Jason Zevin; 18. Etiology of developmental dyslexia Richard K. Olson, Janice M. Keenan, Brian Byrne and Stefan Samuelsson; 19. Intergenerational transmission in developmental dyslexia Fumiko Hoeft and Cheng Wang; Epilogue; 20. Developmental dyslexia across languages and writing systems: the big picture Charles Perfetti, Kenneth Pugh and Ludo Verhoeven.
Summary
A systematic multi-disciplinary study of the language and writing systems affecting the emergence of dyslexia. The study challenges theoretical claims that stem from single language research and single discipline viewpoints. It will appeal to students and researchers working on language acquisition, psycholinguistics and language disorders.
