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Flattening Hierarchies. SLI as a Window onto the Architecture of Language
Author(s) -
Lorenzo Guillermo,
Vares Elena
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
studia linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-9582
pISSN - 0039-3193
DOI - 10.1111/stul.12125
Subject(s) - externalization , specific language impairment , architecture , computer science , linguistics , population , component (thermodynamics) , locus (genetics) , psychology , cognitive psychology , history , sociology , physics , biology , philosophy , demography , archaeology , psychoanalysis , thermodynamics , biochemistry , gene
Children with SLI have traditionally been diagnosed as exhibiting core deficits affecting their phonological and morphological performance. These well‐known aspects of SLI , at least, thus appear to refer the syndrome to the Externalization component of the Faculty of Language. If such a conclusion is on the right track, then it could be predicted that Linearization, also an aspect of Externalization according to the Minimalist architecture of the Faculty of Language, should also be a typical locus of affectation in cases of SLI . This paper presents and interprets data regarding comprehension and production phenomena of a population of Spanish‐speaking children with SLI . These data support the aforementioned prediction, thus reinforcing the design specifications that the Minimalist Program attributes to language capacity.