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Preface; 1. Is specific language impairment a useful construct? LaurenceB. Leonard; 2. Teaching language form, meaning, and function tospecific-language-impaired children Phil J. Connell; 3. Linguisticcommunication and mental retardation Leonard Abbeduto and Sheldon Rosenberg;4. Interactions between linguistic and pragmatic development inlearning-disabled children: three views of the state of the union MavisDonahue; 5. Deafness and language development Stephen P. Quigley and Peter V.Paul; 6. Language lateralization and disordered language development MarcelKinsbourne and Merrill Hiscock; 7. Language changes in healthy aging anddementia Jennifer Sandson, Loraine K. Obler and Martin L. Albert; Index.