Clinical Sociolinguistics
Language in Society
1. Auflage Juli 2005
356 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Clinical Sociolinguistics examines how sociolinguistic
research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and
treatment in the clinical situation.
* fills gap in the literature for speech-language pathologists by
addressing how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to
assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation
* collects newly commissioned articles written by top scholars in
the field
* includes chapters that outline findings from sociolinguistic
research over the last 40 years and point to the relevance of such
findings for practicing speech-language pathologists
* discusses topics including bilingualism, code-switching,
language planning, and African-American English
Part 2: A Clinical Sociolinguistics:.
References.
Index.
contexts. Gender, geography, socioeconomic status and bilingualism
are all relevant to clinical reasoning about speech and language
disorders. This timely volume is grounded in state-of-the art
sociolinguistic research, but also demonstrates the application of
sociolinguistic thinking to the clinical situation. It will be an
invaluable text for those professionals faced with linguistically
and culturally diverse client groups, and for students and
researchers in communication disorders." Paul Fletcher,
University College Cork
