Language in Mental Retardation
- ISBN-10
- 1861560044
- ISBN-13
- 9781861560049
- Category
- Medical / General
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Authors
- Susan Edwards, J. A. Rondal
Description
This book is intended both as a comprehensive review and discussion of the major studies of language development and functioning in mentally retarded (MR) persons over the last fifty years, and as an exploration of a number of important issues in this field. *The use of the term 'mental retardation' is in line with the recommendations of the American Association on Mental Retardation and other relevant organisations.
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