Vesna Stojanovik
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+44 (0) 118 378 7456
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Professor
- Professor of Clinical Linguistics
- Director for Teaching and Learning for Clinical Programmes
Areas of interest
- Language and communication development in individuals with genetic disorders, such as Down syndrome and Williams syndrome
- early intervention for infants with Down syndrome; artificial grammar learning
The discovery that individuals with genetic disorders, such as William syndrome, have different processing strategies (so although they may have achieved the same score on a task just as typical individuals, they achieve this using a different strategy); the fact that early intervention may improve the longer term language outcomes of infants with Down syndrome
Teaching
- PLMFG (Foundations of Grammar)
- PLMLAC Linguistic Assessment Clinic
- PL3CLC Clinical Assessments of Language in Children
- PL3(M)LDG Language in Genetic Disorders
Research centres and groups
- Language and Cognition
- Child Development Group
- Lifespan Development
Academic qualifications
- BA in English Language and Literature with French Language and Literature, University Ss Cyril and Methodius,
- MA in Linguistics and English Language Teaching, University of Leeds
- PhD in Human Communication Science, University of Sheffield
Publications
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Leung, F.
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Stojanovik, V.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6791-9968
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Micai, M.
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Jiang, C.
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Liu, F.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7776-0222
(2023)
Emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder across age
groups: a cross-sectional investigation of various visual and
auditory communicative domains.
Autism Research
ISSN:
1939-3806
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Wright, E.
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Stojanovik, V.
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Serratrice, L.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5141-6186
(2023)
Deaf children with spoken language bilingualism: professional guidance to parents.
Deafness & Education International
, 25
(1).
pp.
21-39.
ISSN:
1557-069X
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14643154.2022.2062096
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Wright, E.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6619-8473
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Stojanovik, V.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6791-9968
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Serratrice, L.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5141-6186
(2022)
Spoken language multilingualism in deaf children: parental decision-making.
Deafness & Education International
ISSN:
1464-3154
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14643154.2022.2143608
- Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. , Seager, E. , Breen, M. , Jennings, S. , Joffe, V. , Harvey, K. , Pizzo, E. , Perry, H. (2022) The ASCEND study: protocol for a feasibility study to evaluate an early social communication intervention for young children with Down syndrome. Pilot and feasibility studies , 8 ISSN: 2055-5784 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-00968-7
- Seager, E. , Sampson, S. , Sin, J. , Pagnamenta, E. , Stojanovik, V. (2022) A systematic review of speech, language, and communication interventions for children with Down syndrome from 0 to 6 years. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders , 57 (2). pp. 441-463. ISSN: 1460-6984 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12699
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Stojanovik, V.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6791-9968
(2021)
Genetic syndromes and communication disorders.
In:
Damico, J.
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Müller, N.
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Ball, M.
, (eds.)
The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders 2nd edition.
The Handbook of language and speech disorders-Second edition
pp.
95-109.
ISBN:
9781119606963
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119606987.ch5
- Taha, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Sentence repetition as a clinical marker of developmental language disorder: evidence from Arabic. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00244
- Alsiddiqi, Z. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Emergent literacy skills of Saudi Arabic speaking children with and without developmental language disorder. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics ISSN: 1464-5076 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2021.1955299
- Taha, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Nonword repetition performance of Arabic-speaking children with and without Developmental Language Disorder: a study on diagnostic accuracy. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 64 (7). pp. 2750-2765. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00556
- Taha, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Expressive verb morphology deficits in Arabic-speaking children with Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 64 (2). pp. 561-578. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00292
- Cilibrasi, L. and Stojanovik, V. (2020) The interplay of stress saliency and word beginning saliency: an experimental study. Linguistica Pragensia , 30 (2). pp. 113-126. ISSN: 0862-8432 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.14712/18059635.2020.2.1
- Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Houston-Price, C. , Seager, E. , Buckley, S. (2020) Do infants with Down syndrome show an early receptive language advantage?. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research , 63 (2). pp. 585-598. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00157
- Stojanovik, V. (2019) Down syndrome. In: Damico, J. and Ball, M. , (eds.) SAGE Encyclopaedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. Sage Publications , Louisiana, USA. pp. 623-625. ISBN: 9781483380834
- Stojanovik, V. (2019) Williams syndrome. In: Damico, J. and Ball, M. , (eds.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. Sage Publications (4). , Louisiana, USA. pp. 2113-2115. ISBN: 9781483380834
- Mildner, V. , Stojanovik, V. , Tomic, D. (2019) Croatian LARSP. In: Ball, M. , Fletcher, P. , Crystal, D. , (eds.) Grammatical Profiles: Further Languages of LARSP. Multilingual Matters , Bristol. pp. 85-123. ISBN: 978788924382
- Setter, J. , Yap, N. , Stojanovik, V. (2019) The perception of sentence stress in Malay and English. In: Calhoun, S. , Escudero, P. , Tabain, M. , Warren, P. , (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. , Canberra, Australia. pp. 2268-2271. ISBN: 9780646800691
- Cilibrasi, L. , Stojanovik, V. , Riddell, P. , Saddy, D. (2019) Sensitivity to inflectional morphemes in the absence of meaning: evidence from a novel task. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research , 48 (3). pp. 747-767. ISSN: 0090-6905 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-019-09629-y
- Seager, E. , Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Norbury, C. , Bozicevic, L. , Murray, L. (2018) How do maternal interaction style and joint attention relate to language development in infants with Down syndrome and typically developing infants?. Research in Developmental Disabilities , 83 pp. 194-205. ISSN: 0891-4222 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2018.08.011
- Cilibrasi, L. , Stojanovik, V. , Loucas, T. , Riddell, P. (2018) The role of non-initial clusters in the Children’s test of Nonword Repetition: evidence from children with language impairment and typically developing children. Dyslexia , 24 (4). pp. 322-335. ISSN: 1099-0909 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dys.1599
- Nashaat, N. , Meguid, N. , Helmy, N. , Dardir, A. , Stojanovik, V. , El-Nofely, A. (2018) Linguistic phenotype in a sample of Arabic speaking children with Williams and fragile X syndromes. Bioscience Research , 15 (2). pp. 873-882. ISSN: 2218-3973
- Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Houston-Price, C. , Buckley, S. (2018) Longitudinal predictors of early language in infants with Down syndrome: a preliminary study. Research in Developmental Disabilities , 81 pp. 37-51. ISSN: 0891-4222 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.12.021
- Stojanovik, V. , Zimmerer, V. , Setter, J. , Hudson, K. , Poyraz-Bilgin, I. , Saddy, D. (2018) Artificial grammar learning in Williams syndrome and in typical development: the role of rules, familiarity and prosodic cues. Applied Psycholinguistics , 39 (2). pp. 327-353. ISSN: 1469-1817 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716417000212
- Stojanovik, V. , Setter, J. , Lacroix, A. (2016) Le développement de la prosodie dans le syndrome de Williams et le syndrome de Down chez des enfants de langue anglaise. Bulletin de psychologie , 69 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN: 0007-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/bupsy.542.0137 (No. 542)
- Stojanovik, V. (2015) Multilingual perspectives on language in children with Williams syndrome. In: Patterson, J. and Rodriguez, B. , (eds.) Multilingual perspectives on child language disorders. Multilingual Matters , Bristol. pp. 95-123. ISBN: 9781783094714
- Cilibrasi, L. , Stojanovik, V. , Riddell, P. (2015) Word position and stress effects in consonant cluster perception and production. Dyslexia , 21 (1). pp. 50-59. ISSN: 1099-0909 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dys.1488
- Stojanovik, V. (2014) Language in genetic syndromes and cognitive modularity. In: Cummings, L. , (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of communication disorders. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 541-558. ISBN: 9781107021235
- Stojanovik, V. (2012) Later language. In: Farran, E. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. , (eds.) Neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan: A neuroconstructivist approach. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 205-224. ISBN: 9780199594818
- Martínez-Castilla, P. , Stojanovik, V. , Setter, J. , Sotillo, M. (2012) Prosodic abilities in Spanish and English children with Williams syndrome: a cross-linguistic study. Applied Psycholinguistics , 33 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN: 1469-1817 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716411000385
- Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Houston-Price, C. (2011) Early word segmentation in typically developing infants and infants with Down syndrome: a preliminary study.
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. (2011) Prosody in two genetic disorders: Williams and Down's syndrome. In: Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. , (eds.) Speech Prosody in Atypical Populations: Assessment and Remediation. J&R Press pp. 25-43. ISBN: 9781907826009
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. , eds. (2011) Speech prosody in atypical populations: assessment and remediation. J & R Press ISBN: 9781907826009
- Stojanovik, V. (2011) Prosodic deficits in children with Down syndrome. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 24 (2). pp. 145-155. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.01.004
- Vukovic, M. and Stojanovik, V. (2011) Characterising developmental language impairment in Serbian-speaking children: a preliminary investigation. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics , 25 (3). pp. 187-197. ISSN: 0269-9206 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699206.2010.521611
- Lacroix, A. , Stojanovik, V. , Dardier , V. , Laval, V. (2010) Prosodie et Syndrome de Williams : une étude inter-langue . Enfance , 2010 (3). pp. 287-300. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4074/S001375451000306X
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Martínez-Castilla, P. (2010) Evaluating the intonation of non-native speakers of English using a computerised test battery. International Journal of Applied Linguistics , 20 (3). pp. 368-385. ISSN: 1473-4192 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-4192.2010.00253.x
- Vukovic, M. , Vukovic, I. , Stojanovik, V. (2010) Investigation of language and motor skills in Serbian speaking children with specific language impairment and in typically developing children. Research in Developmental Disabilities , 31 (6). pp. 1633-1644. ISSN: 0891-4222 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.020
- Stojanovik, V. (2010) Genetic syndromes and communication disorders. Handbook of language and speech disorders. Wiley-Blackwell , USA. pp. 115-131. ISBN: 9781405158626
- Lacroix, A. , Aguert, M. , Dardier , V. , Stojanovik, V. , Laval, V. (2010) Idiom comprehension in French-speaking children and adolescents with Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities , 31 (2). pp. 608-616. ISSN: 0891-4222 | doi: DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2009.12.011
- Stojanovik, V. (2010) Understanding and production of prosody in children with Williams syndrome: A developmental trajectory approach. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 23 (2). pp. 112-126. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: DOI:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.11.001
- Lacroix, A. , Stojanovik, V. , Lukacs, A. (2009) What do we learn on language acquisition from Williams syndrome?. In: Dreyer, C. , (eds.) Language and linguistics: Emerging trends. Nova Science Publishers pp. 177-192. ISBN: 9781604568936
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. (2009) Conditions in which prosodic impairments occur. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology , 11 (4). pp. 293-297. ISSN: 1754-9515 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549500902943647 (Scientific forum: Prosody in speech-language pathology)
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. (2009) Conditions in which prosodic impairments occur. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology , 11 (4). pp. 293-297. ISSN: 1754-9515 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549500902943647
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, . , Martinez-Castilla, . (2008) Using PEPS-C as a tool to evaluate the intonation of learners of English.
- Stojanovik, . (2008) Development of prosody in children with Williams syndrome.
- Stojanovik, . and Setter, J. (2008) Atypical prosody in children with Williams syndrome.
- Stojanovik, . , Setter, J. , Martinez-Castilla, . (2008) Prosodic abilities in English and Spanish children with Williams syndrome: a cross-linguistic study.
- Stojanovik, . and Wyllie, . (2008) Prosodic abilities in children with Down syndrome.
- Stojanovik, . and Riddell, . (2008) Expressive versus receptive language skills in specific reading disorder. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics , 22 (4-5). pp. 305-310. ISSN: 0269-9206 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699200801919349
- Stojanovik, . and van Ewijk, . (2008) Do children with Williams syndrome have unusual vocabularies?. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 21 (1). pp. 18-34. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2007.06.003
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Van Ewijk, L. , Moreland, M. (2007) Pitch range and vowel duration in the speech of children with Williams syndrome. pp. 1977-1980.
- James, . and Stojanovik, . (2007) Communication skills in blind children: a preliminary investigation . Child: Care, Health and Development , 33 (1). pp. 4-10. ISSN: 0305-1862 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00621.x
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, . , van Ewijk, . , Moreland, . (2007) Affective prosody in children with Williams syndrome. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics , 21 (9). pp. 659-672. ISSN: 0269-9206 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699200701539056
- Stojanovik, . , Setter, J. , van Ewijk, . (2007) Intonation abilities of children with Williams syndrome: a preliminary investigation. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 50 (6). pp. 1606-1617. ISSN: 1092-4388 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2007/108)
- Stojanovik, . (2006) The co-occurrence of autism and Williams syndrome: a case study report. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis , 2 (1). pp. 46-54. ISSN: 1932-4731
- Stojanovik, . (2006) Social interaction deficits and conversational inadequacy in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 19 (2). pp. 157-173. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2005.11.005
- Stojanovik, . , Perkins, . , Howard, . (2006) Linguistic heterogeneity in Williams syndrome. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics , 20 (7-8). pp. 547-552. ISSN: 0269-9206 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699200500266422
- Tarling, . , Perkins, . , Stojanovik, . (2006) Conversational success in Williams syndrome: communication in the face of cognitive and linguistic limitations. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics , 20 (7-8). pp. 583-590. ISSN: 0269-9206 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699200500266547
- Garman, . , James, . , Stojanovik, . (2005) Developmental theory and language disorders: a thematic summary . In: Fletcher, . and Miller, . , (eds.) Developmental theory and language disorders. Trends in Language Acquisition Research John Benjamins Publishing Company (4). , Amsterdam. pp. 147-164. ISBN: 9789027234742
- Stojanovik, V. , Perkins, M. , Howard, S. (2004) Williams syndrome and specific language impairment do not support claims for developmental double dissociations and innate modularity. Journal of Neurolinguistics , 17 (6). pp. 403-424. ISSN: 0911-6044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2004.01.002
- Marshall, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Ralph, S. (2002) 'I never even gave it a second thought': PGCE students' attitudes towards the inclusion of children with speech and language impairments. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders , 37 (4). pp. 475-489. ISSN: 1460-6984 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1368282021000008892