Recent Presentations and Selected Publications

Selected Publications and Recent Presentations

Selected Publications

Leonard, L., Ellis Weismer, S., Miller, C., Francis, D., Tomblin, J.B., & Kail, R. (In Press). Speed of processing, working memory, and language impairment in children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Ellis Weismer, S. Language and communication on the autism spectrum. To appear in M. Barnes (Ed.), Genes, Brain and Development: The Neurocognition of Genetic Disorders. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Moyle, M.J., Ellis Weismer, S, Lindstrom, M., & Evans, J. (In revision). Longitudinal relationships between lexical and grammatical development in typical and late talking children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Ellis Weismer, S. (In press). Typical talkers, late talkers, and children with specific language impairment: A language endowment spectrum? In R. Paul (Ed.)., The influence of developmental perspectives on research and practice in communication disorders: A festschrift for Robin S. Chapman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Edwards, J. (In press). The role of phonological storage deficits in specific language impairment: A reconsideration. Invited commentary on S.E. Gathercole, Nonword repetition and word learning: The nature of the relationship. Applied Psycholinguistics

Ellis Weismer, S., & Robertson, S.B. (2006). Focused stimulation approach to language intervention. In R. McCauley & M. Fey (Eds.), Treatment in Language Disorders in Children: Conventional and Controversial Approaches (pp. 175-202). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.

Catts, H., Adlof, S., Hogan, T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (In press). Are specific language impairment and dyslexia distinct disorders? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Catts, H., Adlof, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (In press). Language deficits in poor comprehenders: A case for the simple view of reading. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Ellis Weismer, S. (2005). Speech perception in specific language impairment (pp. 567-588). D. Pisoni and R. Remez (Eds.), Handbook of Speech Perception. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Ellis Weismer, S., Plante, E., Jones, M., & Tomblin, J.B. (2005). A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of verbal working memory in adolescents with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 405-425.

Gernsbacher, M.A., Geye, H.M., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2005). The role of language and communication impairments within autism (pp. 73-93). In P. Fletcher & J.F. Miller (Eds.), Language disorders and developmental theory. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Heilmann, J., Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hollar, C. (2005). Utility of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory in identifying children’s language level. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14, 40-51.

Horton-Ikard, R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2005) Dialect specific characteristics in the language production of toddlers. Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, 597-620.

Horton-Ikard, R., Ellis Weismer, S., & Edwards, C. (2005). Examining the use of standard language production measures in the language samples of African-American toddlers. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders, 3, 169-182.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Memory and processing capacity. In R. Kent (Ed.), MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders . Boston: MIT Press.

Gutiérrez-Clellen, V., Calderón, J., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Verbal working memory in bilingual children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 863-876.

Tomblin, J.B., Zhang, X., Weiss, A., Catts, H., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Dimensions of individual differences in communication skills among primary grade children. In M.L. Rice & S.F. Warren (Eds.), Developmental language disorders: From phenotypes to etiologies (pp.53-76). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Evans, J. (2002). The role of processing limitations in early identification of specific language impairment. Topics in Language Disorders, 22, 15-29.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Thordardottir, E.T. (2002). Cognition and language. In P. Accardo, A. Capute, & B. Rogers (Eds.), Disorders of Language Development (pp. 21-37). Timonium, MD: York Press, Inc.

Throdardottor, E.T. & Ellis Weismer, S. (2002). Content mazes and filled pauses in narrative language samples of children with specific language impairment. Brain and Cognition, 48, 587-592.

Thordardottir, E.T., Ellis Weismer, S., & Evans, J. (2002). Continuity in lexical and morphological
development in Icelandic- and English-speaking 2-year-olds. First Language, 22, 3-28.

Thordardottir, E.T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2002). Verb argument structure weakness in SLI in relation to age and utterance length. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 16, 233-250.

Thordardottir, E.T. , & Ellis Weismer, S. (2001). High-frequency verbs and verb diversity in the spontaneous speech of school-age children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 36, 221-244.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2000). Language intervention for children with developmental language delay. In D. Bishop & L. Leonard (Eds.), Speech and language impairments: From theory to practice, 157-176. Psychology Press.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2000). Language intervention for young children with language impairments. In L.
Watson, E.Crais, & T. Layton (Eds.), Handbook of early language impairment in children: Assessment and treatment, 173-198. Albany, NY: Delmar/Thomson Learning.

Ellis Weismer, S., Tomblin, J.B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., Chynoweth, J. G. & Jones, M. (2000). Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 865-878.

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hesketh, L. (1999). An examination of verbal working memory capacity in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech. Language and Hearing Research, 42, 1249-1260.

Marchman, V., Wulfeck, B., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1999). Productivity of past tense in children with normal language and specific language impairment. Journal of Speech , Language and Hearing Research, 42, 206-219

Robertson, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1999). Effects of treatment on linguistic and social skills in toddlers with delayed language. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 42, 1234-1248.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1998). Capacity limitations in working memory: The impact on lexical and morphological learning by children with language impairment. In R. Gillam (Ed.), Memory and Language Impairments in Children and Adults. Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers. (Previously published as journal article in Topics in Language Disorders)

Ellis Weismer, S., & Hesketh, L. (1998). The impact of emphatic stress in novel word learning by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 41, 1444-1458.

Thordardottir, E.T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1998) Mean length of utterance and other language sample measures in early Icelandic. First Language, 18, 1-32.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1997). The role of stress in language processing and intervention. Topics in Language Disorders, 17, 41-52.

Robertson, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1997). The influence of peer models on the play scripts of children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 40, 49-61.

Thordardottir, E.T., Ellis Weismer, S., & Smith, M.E. (1997). Vocabulary learning in bilingual and monolingual clinical intervention. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 13, 215-227.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1996). Capacity limitations in working memory: The impact on lexical and morphological learning by children with language impairment. Topics in Language Disorders, 17, 33-44.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Hesketh, L. (1996). Lexical learning by children with specific language impairment: Effects of linguistic input presented at varying speaking rates. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 177-190.

Thordardottir, E. T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1996). Language assessment via parent report: Development of a screening instrument for Icelandic children. First Language, 16, 265-285.

Ellis Weismer, S. (In press). Speech perception in specific language impairment. In R. Remez & D. Pisoni (Eds.), Handbook of speech perception. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Memory and processing capacity. In R. Kent (Ed.), MIT encyclopedia of communication disorders (pp. 349-352). Boston: MIT Press.

Thordardottir, E.T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2002). Verb argument structure weakness in SLI in relation to age and utterance length. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 16, 233-250. PDF

Thordardottir, E.T., Ellis Weismer, S., & Evans, J. (2002). Continuity in lexical and morphological development in Icelandic- and English-speaking 2-year-olds. First Language, 22, 3-28. PDF or MS Word

Thordardottir, E.T. & Ellis Weismer, S. (2002). Content mazes and filled pauses in narrative language samples of children with specific language impairment. Brain and Cognition, 48, 587-592.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Thordardottir, E.T. (2002). Cognition and language. In P. Accardo, A. Capute, & B. Rogers (Eds.), Disorders of language development (pp. 21-37). Timonium, MD: York Press, Inc.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Evans, J. (2002). The role of processing limitations in early identification of specific language impairment. Topics in Language Disorders, 22, 15-29. PDF

Thordardottir, E.T. , & Ellis Weismer, S. (2001). High-frequency verbs and verb diversity in spontaneous speech of school-age children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 36, 221-244. PDF

Ellis Weismer, S., Tomblin, J.B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., Chynoweth, J. G. & Jones, M. (2000). Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 865-878. PDF

Ellis Weismer, S. (2000). Language intervention for young children with language impairments. In L. Watson, E. Crais, & T. Layton (Eds.). Handbook of early language impairment in children: Assessment and treatment, 173-198. Albany, NY: Delmar/Thompson Learning.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2000). Language intervention for children with developmental language delay. In D. Bishop & L. Leonard (Eds.), Speech and language impairments: From theory to practice, 157-176. Psychology Press.

Robertson, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1999). Effects of treatment on linguistic and social skills in toddlers with delayed language development. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 42, 1234-1248.

Marchman, V., Wulfeck, B., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1999). Morphological productivity in children with normal language and specific language impairment: A study of the English past tense. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 42, 206-219. PDF

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hesketh, L. (1999). An examination of verbal working memory capacity in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 42, 1249-1260. PDF

Thordardottir, E.T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1998). Mean length of utterance and other language sample measures in early Icelandic. First Language, 18, 1-32.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Hesketh, L. (1998). The impact of emphatic stress on novel word learning by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 41, 1444-1458. PDF

Ellis Weismer, S. (1998). Capacity limitations in working memory: The impact on lexical and morphological learning by children with language impairment. In R. Gillam (Ed.), Memory and Language Impairments in Children and Adults. Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers. (Previously published as journal article in Topics in Language Disorders)

Thordardottir, E.T., Ellis Weismer, S., & Smith, M.E. (1997). Vocabulary learning in bilingual and monolingual clinical intervention. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 13, 215-227.

Robertson, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1997). The influence of peer models on the play scripts of children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 40, 49-61.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1997). The role of stress in language processing and intervention. Topics in Language Disorders, 17, 41-52.

Thordardottir, E. T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1996). Language assessment via parent report: Development of a screening instrument for Icelandic children. First Language, 16, 265-285.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Hesketh, L. (1996). Lexical learning by children with specific language impairment: Effects of linguistic input presented at varying speaking rates. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 177-190.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1996). Capacity limitations in working memory: The impact on lexical and morphological learning by children with language impairment. Topics in Language Disorders, 17, 33-44.

Marchman, V., Wulfeck, B., & Ellis Weismer, S. (1995). Productive use of English past tense morphology in children with SLI and normal language. (Technical Report #9514). Project in Cognitive and Neural Development, Center for Research in Language. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego.

Ellis Weismer, S., Murray-Branch, J., & Miller, J. (1994). A prospective longitudinal study of language development in late talkers. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 852-867.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Hesketh, L. (1993). The influence of prosodic and gestural cues on novel word acquisition by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1013-1025.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Schraeder, T. (1993). Discourse characteristics and verbal reasoning: Wait time effects on the performance of children with language learning disabilities. Exceptionality Education Canada, 3, 71-92.

Ellis Weismer, S., Murray-Branch, J., & Miller, J. (1993). A comparison of two methods for promoting productive vocabulary in late talkers. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1037-1050.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1993). Perceptual and cognitive deficits in children with specific language impairment (developmental dysphasia): Implications for diagnosis and intervention. In H. Grimm and H. Skowronek (Eds.), Language acquisition problems and reading disorders: Aspects of diagnosis and intervention, (pp. 75-101). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1993). Aspects of metalinguistic abilities in developmental dysphasia and dyslexia. In G. Blanken, J. Dittmann, H. Grimm, J. Marshall, & C. Wallesch (Eds.), Linguistic Disorders and Pathologies: An International Handbook, (pp. 773-787). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1992). The role of prosodic variables in language processing by children with specific language impairment. In R. Chapman (Ed.), Child talk: Processes in language acquisition (pp. 125-137). Chicago: Mosby-Yearbook.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1991). Hypothesis testing abilities of language impaired children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 1329-1338.

Ellis Weismer, S. (1991). Child language intervention: Research issues on the horizon. In J.R. Miller (Ed.), Research on child language disorders: A decade of progress (pp. 233-41). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Recent Presentations

Jones, M.A., Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hollar, C. Lexical-grammatical development in typical and late-talking children. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL (November, 2003) and the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association Annual Convention, Green Bay, WI (April, 2004). PDF

Heilmann, J., Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hollar, C. Classification ability of the MacArthur CDI at 30 months. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Annual Convention. Chicago (November, 2003). PDF

Fey, M., Burkard, R.F., Ellis Weismer, S., Formby, C., Hixon, T., Huntley Bahr, R., & Peach, R. Publishing in the ASHA journals: Keys to successful submission. Panel presentation presented at the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago (November, 2003).

Jones, M., Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hollar, C. Longitudinal relationships between lexical and grammatical development in typical and late-talking children. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI (June, 2003).

Ellis Weismer, S., Plante, E., & Jones, M. Capacity limitations in children with SLI: An fMRI study. Poster presented at the International Neuropsycho- logical Society, Honolulu, HI (February, 2003).

Romski, M., Peach, R., Jacobson, G., Stathopoulos, E., Huntly Bahr, R, Formby, C., & Ellis Weismer, S. Revise and resubmit: Making it through the peer review process. Panel presentation presented at the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA (November, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S. Tips on succeeding in the publication process. Invited talk presented to the Program in Audiology and Speech Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA (October, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S. Language processing and working memory in specific language impairment. Invited research colloquium presented to the Program in Audiology and Speech Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA (October, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S. Examination of short-term language and treatment status outcomes of late talking toddlers. Poster presented at the Treatment Efficacy Conference for People with Communication Disorders, City University of London, London, UK (September, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S. Processing limitations in specific and nonspecific language impairment. Talk presented as part of the symposium on Language-Nonverbal IQ Discrepancies in Children with SLI at the joint conference of the International Congress for the Study of Child Language and the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI (July, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S. Fast mapping in late talking and typically developing toddlers. Talk presented as part of the symposium on Lexical Processing in Children with Typical and Disordered Language Development at the joint conference of the International Congress for the Study of Child Language and the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI (July, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S. A functional MRI study of language processing and verbal working memory in adolescents with specific language impairment. Talk presented as part of the symposium on the Application of Neuroimaging in language research at the joint conference of the International Congress for the Study of Child Language and the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI (July, 2002).

Ellis Weismer, S., Marchman, V., & Evans, J. Continuity of lexical-grammatical development in typical and late talking toddlers. Poster presented at the Early Lexicon Acquisition Conference, Lyon, France (December, 2001).

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., Jones, M., Horton-Ikard, R., Hollar, C., & Coppoc-Gunshor, B. Lexical processing limitations in late-talking toddlers. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA (November, 2001). PDF or MS Word

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., Hollar, C., & Jones, M. Identifying early language delay: Concurrent validity of the CDI. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA (November, 2001). PDF or MS Word

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., Jones, M., Horton-Ikard, R., & Gunshor, B. Linguistic processing in late talking and typically developing toddlers. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI (June, 2001).

Ellis Weismer, S., Marchman, V., & Evans, J. Lexical-grammatical relationships in late talking toddlers. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN (April, 2001).

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., Hollar, C., & Jones, M. Concurrent validity of the CDI at 30 months for toddlers with early language delay. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN (April, 2001).

Horton-Ikard, R., Ellis Weismer, S., & Evans, J. AAE usage in mono-racial and biracial parent-toddler dyads. Poster presented at the Language Diversity conference, Austin, TX (February, 2001).

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