A Linguistic Approach to the Study of Dyslexia

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-80041-595-9
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 547 g

This volume contributes to the growing body of research on developmental dyslexia, focusing on the disorder’s behavioural manifestations at different levels of the language system. It is organised into three sections that cover the three main vantage points from which the effects of dyslexia on communication can be observed:  neuropsychology, linguistics and the perspective of educators. Together, the chapters provide an insightful overview of the ways in which dyslexia impacts different components of language, including lexical and pragmatic abilities, and present data from experimental and applied research, with suggestions for the application of research-based data in both innovative and traditional language teaching, ways to rehabilitate reading dysfunctions, as well as  teacher training. The book will be essential reading for researchers and students investigating dyslexia, as well as foreign language teachers and professionals who work on the rehabilitation of linguistic performance dysfunctions in people with dyslexia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cappelli, Gloria

Noccetti, Sabrina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Lernschwierigkeiten, Legasthenie, ADHS

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Gloria Cappelli and Sabrina Noccetti: Introduction

Part 1: Psychological and Neurobiological Foundations of Language Skills in People with Dyslexia

Chapter 1. Enrico Ghidoni: The Neurobiological Basis of Language Skills and Dyslexia

Chapter 2. Claudia Casalini, Daniela Brizzolara, Anna Maria Chilosi, Filippo Gasperini and Chiara Pecini: Late Effects of Early Language Delay on Complex Language and Literacy Abilities: A Clinical Approach to Dyslexia in

Subjects with a Previous Language Impairment

Chapter 3. Filippo Gasperini: Foreign Language Learning Difficulties in Developmental Dyslexia: A Narrative Review of the Existing Evidence

Part 2: Theoretical and Experimental Linguistic Research on Dyslexia

Chapter 4. Marijan Palmovic, Ana Matic, Mirta Zelenika Zeba, Melita Kovacevic: Phonological and Lexical Effects on Reading in Dyslexia

Chapter 5. Cristina Burani: Morphemes as Reading and Spelling Units in Developmental Dyslexia

Chapter 6. Rachel Berthiaume, Amélie Bourcier and Daniel Daigle: Morphological Knowledge in French-speaking Children with Dyslexia

Chapter 7. Giovanna Marotta: Developmental Dyslexia and Morphosyntactic Competence in Italian Young Adults

Chapter 8. Anna Cardinaletti, Elisa Piccoli and Francesca Volpato: Dyslexia and Syntactic Deficits: Overview and a Case Study of Language Training

Chapter 9. Gloria Cappelli: The Impact of Dyslexia on Lexico-Semantic Skills: An Overview

Chapter 10. Gloria Cappelli, Sabrina Noccetti, Nicoletta Simi, Giorgio Arcara and Valentina Bambini: Dyslexia and Pragmatic Skills

Part 3: Applied Linguistic Research and Dyslexia

Chapter 11. Sabrina Noccetti: Visual and Auditory Stimuli for Teaching EFL Vocabulary to Learners with Dyslexia

Chapter 12. Francesca Santulli and Melissa Scagnelli: Reading as a Multi-Layer Activity: Training Strategies at Text Level

Chapter 13. Rossella Iovino: Teaching Latin to Dyslexic Learners: A Methodological Proposal

Chapter 14. Joanna Nijakowska: Foreign Language Teacher Training and Preparedness to Teach Learners with Dyslexia

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cappelli, Gloria
Gloria Cappelli is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Pisa, Italy. She serves on the editorial board for several journals and book series including Education, Language and Communication Studies, Insights. The English Bookshelf and Multimodality of Communication.

Noccetti, Sabrina
Sabrina Noccetti is Assistant Professor in English Linguistics at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her research interests include language learning, dyslexia, morphology, semantics and pragmatics.

Gloria Cappelli is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Pisa, Italy. She serves on the editorial board of several journals and book series including Education, Language and Communication Studies, Insights, The English Bookshelf and Multimodality of Communication.

Sabrina Noccetti is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her research interests include language learning, dyslexia, morphology, semantics and pragmatics.