ABSTRACT
Models of cognition and grammar can help generate hypotheses about the nature of language disorders, and vice versa. Specific language impairment (SLI) is a particularly relevant field of research in this respect because the impairment is supposed to be restricted to language (i.e., no other cognitive function is disordered). Although this chapter focuses on SLI, it would be interesting to test the proposed hypotheses in other language disorders as well.
