1st Edition
Clinical Applications of Linguistics to Speech-Language Pathology A Guide for Clinicians
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
Linguistic discourse assessment methods 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)
Biography
Naomi Gurevich, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. Her research interests combine her background in phonology with acquired language disorders. She has previously authored two books in these areas.
Christopher M. Grindrod, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. His research focuses on investigating language impairments in aphasia, and cognitive-communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain injury. He has published extensively in these areas for over 20 years.
