title: Interdisciplinary and prospective studies necessary to increase insight into developmental language disorders.
abstract: The study of developmental language disorders is discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is argued that retrospective studies have provided valuable information on developmental language disorders that needs to be integrated into a theoretical model capable of capturing the basic mechanisms of language development.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is concluded that interdisciplinary and prospective studies and theoretical work are necessary to increase insight into developmental language disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. frasse@ling.su.se
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lacerda
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ors
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012106:Research