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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 formsFills a gap in the existing literature, creating the first non-encyclopedic volume to explore this ever-expanding area of linguistic concern and researchIncludes a range of pathologies, with each section exploring multilingual and cross-linguistics aspects of the field, as well as analytical methods and assessmentDescribes how mainstream theories and descriptions of language have been influenced by clinical research
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Notes on Contributors The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics. Edited by Martin J. Ball, Michael R. Perkins, Nicole Müller and Sara Howard © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-13522-1 9781405135221_1_pre.pm5 1 1/8/08, 9:58 AM i ii Notes on Contributors Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics This outstanding multi-volume series covers all the major subdisciplines within linguistics today and, when complete, will offer a comprehensive survey of linguistics as a whole. Already published: The Handbook of Child Language Edited by Paul Fletcher and Brian MacWhinney The Handbook of Phonological Theory Edited by John A. Goldsmith The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory Edited by Shalom Lappin The Handbook of Sociolinguistics Edited by Florian Coulmas The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences Edited by William J. Hardcastle and John Laver The Handbook of Morphology Edited by Andrew Spencer and Arnold Zwicky The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics Edited by Natsuko Tsujimura The Handbook of Linguistics Edited by Mark Aronoff and Janie Rees-Miller The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory Edited by Mark Baltin and Chris Collins The Handbook of Discourse Analysis Edited by Deborah Schiffrin, Deborah Tannen, and Heidi E. Hamilton The Handbook of Language Variation and Change Edited by J. K. Chambers, Peter Trudgill, and Natalie Schilling-Estes The Handbook of Historical Linguistics Edited by Brian D. Joseph and Richard D. Janda The Handbook of Language and Gender Edited by Janet Holmes and Miriam Meyerhoff The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition Edited by Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long The Handbook of Bilingualism Edited by Tej K. Bhatia and William C. Ritchie The Handbook of Pragmatics Edited by Laurence R. Horn and Gregory Ward The Handbook of Applied Linguistics Edited by Alan Davies and Catherine Elder The Handbook of Speech Perception Edited by David B. Pisoni and Robert E. Remez The Blackwell Companion to Syntax, Volumes I–V Edited by Martin Everaert and Henk van Riemsdijk The Handbook of the History of English Edited by Ans van Kemenade and Bettelou Los The Handbook of English Linguistics Edited by Bas Aarts and April McMahon The Handbook of World Englishes Edited by Braj B. Kachru; Yamuna Kachru, and Cecil L. Nelson The Handbook of Educational Linguistics Edited by Bernard Spolsky and Francis M. Hult The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics Edited by Martin J. Ball, Michael R. Perkins, Nicole Müller, and Sara Howard 9781405135221_1_pre.pm5 2 1/8/08, 9:58 AM Notes on Contributors The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics Edited by Martin J. Ball, Michael R. Perkins, Nicole Müller, and Sara Howard 9781405135221_1_pre.pm5 3 1/8/08, 9:58 AM iii iv Notes on Contributors © 2008 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd BLACKWELL PUBLISHING 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4