Clinical Sociolinguistics
( Language in Society )
Publication series ：Language in Society
Author： Martin J. Ball
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2008
E-ISBN: 9781405141383
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781405112499
Subject： H0 Linguistics
Language： ENG
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Description
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
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