Date: 29-Mar-2010 From: Katherine Ward <kwardwiley.com> Subject: The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders: Damico, Muller, Ball (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders
Series Title: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Published: 2010
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
http://www.wiley.com
Editor: Jack S Damico
Editor: Nicole Muller
Editor: Martin J Ball
Hardback: ISBN: 9781405158626 Pages: 672 Price: U.S. $ 199.95
Abstract:
Through contributions from leading experts in the fields of communication science, The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey detailing the state of the art in speech, language, and cognitive/intellectual disorders.
* Provides the first in-depth exploration of the rapidly expanding field of communication disorders
* Examines the current debates, landmark studies, and central themes in the discipline, including analytical methods and assessment
* Includes contributions from more than 20 leading scholars to provide an extraordinary breadth of coverage of this growing, multi-disciplinary field
* Features a "foundations" section that deals with issues of central importance to all research in the field, including social and practical considerations in classification and diversity, genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition