title: Cases of exceptional language in mental retardation and Down syndrome: explanatory perspectives.
abstract: Recent studies of exceptional language development and functioning in mentally retarded people raise questions regarding basic issues in language disorders. These studies are summarised and their implications discussed. Possible reasons for the existence of such cases are examined including language training, general cognitive functioning, working memory, cerebral dominance, and deep-seated variation at brain level.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Psycholinguistique, Liege, Belguim. ja.rondol@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rondal
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D007804:Language Development; D008568:Memory