The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics

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The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics

Martin J. Ball,Michael R. Perkins,Nicole Müller,Sara Howard

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Description

The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics brings together an international team of contributors to create an original, in-depth survey of the field for students and practitioners of speech-language pathology, linguistics, psychology, and education.

Explores the field of clinical linguistics: the application of the principles and methods of linguistics to the study of language disability in all its forms
Fills a gap in the existing literature, creating the first non-encyclopedic volume to explore this ever-expanding area of linguistic concern and research
Includes a range of pathologies, with each section exploring multilingual and cross-linguistics aspects of the field, as well as analytical methods and assessment
Describes how mainstream theories and descriptions of language have been influenced by clinical research

About the Author

Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne Endowed Professor and Head of the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Michael R. Perkins is Professor of Clinical Linguistics in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield, England.

Nicole Müller is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Sara Howard is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Phonetics in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield.

Features

Brings together an international team of contributors to create an original and in-depth survey of this multi-faceted field
Explores the field of clinical linguistics: the application of the principles and methods of linguistics to the study of language disability in all its forms
Fills a gap in the existing literature, creating the first non-encyclopedic volume to explore this ever-expanding area of linguistic concern and research
Includes a range of pathologies, with each section exploring multilingual and cross-linguistics aspects of the field, as well as analytical methods and assessment
Describes how mainstream theories and descriptions of language have been influenced by clinical research.

Series

Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

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