Mervis Carolyn B, Velleman Shelley L
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 317 Life Sciences Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, 502-852-3604.
Perspect Lang Learn Educ. 2011 Oct 1;18(3):98-107. doi: 10.1044/lle18.3.98.
Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by heart disease, failure to thrive, hearing loss, intellectual or learning disability, speech and language delay, gregariousness, and non-social anxiety. The WS psycholinguistic profile is complex, including relative strengths in concrete vocabulary, phonological processing, and verbal short-term memory and relative weaknesses in relational/conceptual language, reading comprehension, and pragmatics. Many children evidence difficulties with finiteness marking and complex grammatical constructions. Speech-language intervention, support, and advocacy are crucial.
威廉姆斯综合征（WS）是一种罕见的遗传性疾病，其特征包括心脏病、生长发育迟缓、听力丧失、智力或学习障碍、言语和语言发育迟缓、爱交际以及非社交性焦虑。威廉姆斯综合征的心理语言学特征很复杂，包括在具体词汇、语音处理和言语短期记忆方面相对优势，以及在关系/概念性语言、阅读理解和语用学方面相对劣势。许多儿童在限定性标记和复杂语法结构方面存在困难。言语语言干预、支持和宣传至关重要。
