Clinical Sociolinguistics

Foreword.

Loraine Obler.

Preface.

Part 1: Sociolinguistic Research:.

1. Language, communities, networks and practices: David Britain (Essex University) & Kaz Matsumoto(University of Tokyo, Japan).

2. Regional and social variation: Margaret Maclagan (University of Canterbury, New Zealand).

3. Language and gender: Jackie Guendouzi (University of South Alabama).

4. Bilingualism and multilingualism: John Edwards (St. Francis Xavier University).

5. Code-switching and Diglossia: Nicole Müller and Martin J. Ball (both University of Louisiana, Lafayette).

6. Language and Power: Jack Damico (University of Louisiana, Lafayette), Nina Simmons-Mackie (Louisiana University), and Holly Hawley (University of Louisiana, Lafayette).

7. Language and Culture: Nicole Taylor and Norma Mendoza-Denton (both University of Arizona).

8. African-American English: Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University).

9. Language Change: Dominic Watt (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) and Jennifer Smith (University of York).

10. Language Planning: Humphrey Tonkin (University of Hartford).

11. Dialect perception and attitudes to variation: Dennis Preston and Gregory C. Robinson (both Michigan State University).

Part 2: A Clinical Sociolinguistics:.

12. Acquisition of sociolinguistic variation: Julie Roberts (University of Vermont).

13. Bi- and multilingual language acquisition: Zhu Hua and Li Wei (both University of Newcastle).

14. Assessing Language in Children who Speak a Nonmainstream Dialect of English: Janna Oetting (Louisiana State University).

15. Childhood Bilingualism: distinguishing difference from disorder: Li Wei, Nik Miller, Barbara Dodd and Zhu Hua (all University of Newcastle).

16. Speech Perception, Hearing Impairment, and Linguistic Variation: Cynthia Clopper & David Pisoni (both Indiana University).

17. Aphasia in multilingual populations: Martin Gitterman (City University of New York).

18. Designing assessment materials for multilinguals: Janet Patterson and Barbara Rodríguez (both University of New Mexico).

19. Literacy as a sociolinguistic process for Clinical Purposes: Jack Damico (University of Louisiana, Lafayette), Ryan Nelson (University of Texas, El Paso), and Linda Bryan (University of Louisiana, Monroe).

20. The Sociolinguistics of sign languages: Ceil Lucas (Gallaudet University), Robert Bayley (University of Texas, San Antonio), and Arlene Blumenthal Kelly (Gallaudet University).

21. Managing linguistic diversity in the clinic: interpreters in speech-language pathology: Kim Isaac (University of Newcastle, Australia).

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.