Clinical Sociolinguistics (Language in Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405112492 ISBN 13: 9781405112499

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

"Clinical Sociolinguistics" examines how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation. This title 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. It collects newly commissioned articles written by top scholars in the field. It 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. It discusses topics including bilingualism, code-switching, language planning, and African-American English.

About this title

Review:

"Individuals acquire language, and lose it, in a variety of 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

From the Back Cover:

Sociolinguistics, the study of the interaction of language and society, has had a major impact on linguistics for the last half-century. However, this prominent branch of the language sciences has had little contact with the field of communication disorders. Clinical Sociolinguistics, a collection of newly commissioned articles written by top scholars, is a major advance in bringing the two fields together.

Part I includes chapters that outline findings from sociolinguistic research and point to the relevance of such findings for practicing speech-language pathologists. Topics discussed include bilingualism, code-switching, language planning, and a detailed look at African American English. Part II contains chapters that specifically demonstrate how these research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in the clinical situation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1405112492
• ISBN 13: 9781405112499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Ball Martin J.