Clinical SociolinguisticsISBN: 978-1-4051-1250-5
Paperback
360 pages
July 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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- 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