ABSTRACT
Researchers describe WS language as “remarkable,” “surprisingly well preserved,” “unusual and picturesque,” “relatively spared,” “irrelevant and perseverative,” “developmentally delayed,” “non-intact,” “gifted,” and “engaging” (Bellugi, Lichtenberger, Jones, Lai, & St. George, 2000; Bellugi et al., 1994; Karmiloff-Smith, Grant, Berthoud, Davies, Howlin, & Udwin, 1997; Karmiloff-Smith, Klima, Bellugi, Grant, & Baron-Cohen, 1995; Semel, 1988; Semel & Rosner, 1991b; Udwin & Yule, 1990).
