Publications

Recent Publications

Catts, H., Fey, M., Ellis Weismer, S., & Sittner Bridges, M. (in preparation). The relationship between language and reading abilities. In J.B. Tomblin & M. Nippold (Eds.), Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Language Disorders, Brookes Publishing.

Ellis Weismer, S. (in press). Specific language impairment (Chapter 5). In L. Cummings (Ed)., Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders, Cambridge University Press.

Leonard, L.B., Ellis Weismer, S., Weber-Fox, C., & Miller, C.A. (in preparation). The role of processing in children and adolescents with language impairment. In J.B. Tomblin & M. Nippold (Eds.), Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Language Disorders, Brookes Publishing.

Paul, R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (in press). A matter for concern? The clinical implication of late talking. In L. Rescorla and P. Dale (eds.), Late talkers: From research to Practice. Brookes Publishing.

Ray-Subramanian, C. E. & Ellis Weismer, S. (2012). Receptive and expressive language as predictors of restricted and repetitive behaviors in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi 10.1007/s10803-012-1463-6

Ellis Weismer, S., Gernsbacher, M., Stronach,S. Karasinski, C., Eernisse, E., Venker, C. & Sindberg, H. (2011). Lexical and Grammatical Skills in Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum Compared to Late Talking Toddlers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41 (8), 1065-1075.

Ellis Weismer, S., Venker, C., Evans, J.L., & Moyle, M. (in press). Fast mapping in late-talking toddlers. Applied Psycholinguistics.

Moyle, M., Karasinski, C., Ellis Weismer, S., & Gorman, B. (2011). Grammatical morphology in school-age children with and without language impairment: A discriminant function analysis. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 42, 550-560.

Ray-Subramanian, C., Huai, N. and Ellis Weismer, S. (2010). Brief Report: Adaptive Behavior and Cognitive Skills for Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41 (5), pp 679-684. PMID:20697794

Venker, C., McDuffie, A., Ellis Weismer, S., & Abbeduto, L. (2011). Increasing Verbal Responsiveness in Parents of Children With Autism: a Pilot Study. Autism. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1362361311413396
PMID:21846665

Ellis Weismer, S. & Kaushanskaya, M. (2010). The use of descriptive data from bilingual children to inform theories of specific language impairment. Applied Psycholinguistics, 31, 277-282. doi:10.1017/S0142716409990427

Ellis Weismer, S., Lord, C., & Esler, A. (2010). Early Language Patterns of Toddlers on the Autism Spectrum Compared to Toddlers with Developmental Delay. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 40 (10), pp 1259-127. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0983-1
PMID: 20195735 

Karasinski, C., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2010). Comprehension of Inferences in Discourse Processing by Adolescents With and Without Language Impairment. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 53, 1268-1279  

Pierpont EI, Weismer SE, Roberts AE, Tworog-Dube E, Pierpont ME, Mendelsohn NJ, Seidenberg MS. (2010). The language phenotype of children and adolescents with Noonan syndrome. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 53 (4), pp 917-32.  

Roos, E., & Ellis Weismer, S. Outcomes of late talking toddlers at preschool and beyond. (2008). Perspectives on Language and Learning Education, 15, 119-126. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Roos, E., McDuffie, A., Ellis Weismer, S., Gernsbacher, M.A., & Eisenband, L. (2008). A comparison of contexts for assessing joint attention in toddlers on the autism spectrum. Autism, 12, 275-291.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2007). Typical talkers, late talkers, and children with specific language impairment: A language endowment spectrum? In R. Paul (Ed.), Language disorders and development from a developmental perspective: Essays in honor of Robin S. Chapman (pp.83-101). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Horton-Ikard, R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2007). A preliminary examination of vocabulary and word-learning in African-American Toddlers from Middle and low SES homes. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 16, 381-392.

Leonard, L., Ellis Weismer, S., Miller, C., Francis, D., Tomblin, J.B., & Kail, R. (2007). Speed of processing, working memory, and language impairment in children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 408-428.

Moyle, M.J., Ellis Weismer, S, Lindstrom, M., & Evans, J. (2007). Longitudinal relationships between lexical and grammatical development in typical and late talking children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 508-528.

Catts, H., Adlof, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2006). Language deficits in poor comprehenders: A case for the simple view of reading. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 278-293.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Edwards, J. (2006). 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, 27, 556-562.

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. (2005). Are specific language impairment and dyslexia distinct disorders? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 1378-1396.

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.

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.

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) Distinguishing African American English from developmental errors 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 (pp. 349-352). 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. (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., & Evans, J. (2002). Continuity in lexical and morphological
development in Icelandic- and English-speaking 2-year-olds. First Language, 22, 3-28.