Main description:

*Provides a foundational understanding of linguistics as it applies to spoken and signed languages.
*Covers numerous linguistic disciplines such as phonetics, semantics and sociolinguistics.
*Makes linguistic theory accessible to speech-language pathologists.
*Highlights the importance of integrating linguistic frameworks into clinical decision-making.

Contents:

Part 1. Applications to Child Speech & Language Differences & Disorders

Chapter 1: Phonetics & Phonology

Beyond the phoneme

Shelley L. Velleman & Claudia I. Abbiati (University of Vermont)

Chapter 2: Morphosyntax

Using linguistic theory to frame assessment and intervention of morphosyntactic skills in

children

Stacy K. Betz (Purdue University Fort Wayne)

Chapter 3: Prosody

Acquisition of prosody and linguistically-based approaches to assessment and intervention

Jill Thorson (University of New Hampshire)

Chapter 4: Sociolinguistics

Use of linguistic theory to inform the assessment and treatment of developmental language disorder within African American English

Janna B. Oetting (Louisiana State University), Jessica R. Berry (South Carolina State University) & Kyomi D. Gregory-Martin (Pace University)

Chapter 5: Sign Language

Signed language structure and considerations for speech and language intervention with deaf children

James McCann (Gallaudet University), Lauren Kelley (Houston Independent School District) & David Quinto-Pozos (University of Texas at Austin)

Part 2. Applications to Adult Speech & Language Differences & Disorders

Chapter 6: Phonetics & Phonology

The phonetics and phonology of intelligibility: The functional importance to intelligibility

of speech sounds

Naomi Gurevich (Purdue University Fort Wayne) & Heejin Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Chapter 7: Morphosyntax

Verb and sentence impairments in aphasia: Theory, assessment, and treatment

Roelien Bastiaanse (Center for Language and Brain)

Chapter 8: Semantics

Contextual variability of word meaning: Implications for the treatment of acquired language disorders

Christopher M. Grindrod (Purdue University Fort Wayne)

Chapter 9: Pragmatics

Discourse Assessment and Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury

Shaun Stephens (University of Vermont), Carl Coelho (University of Connecticut) & Michael S. Cannizzaro (University of Vermont)

Chapter 10: Prosody

Prosody: Linguistic and clinical perspectives

Jennifer Cole (Northwestern University), Allison Hilger (University of Colorado Boulder), & Shivani Patel (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford)

Chapter 11: Sociolinguistics

The linguistics of accentedness: How phonetics, phonology, and sociolinguistic considerations impact clinical intervention of accent modification

Naomi Gurevich & Talia Bugel (Purdue University Fort Wayne)