Language Disorders Arena

Cognitive Neuropsychology and Language Rehabilitation

A Special Issue of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

• Edited by Anna Basso, Stefano Cappa, Guido Gainotti

Even if, in recent years, the study of language disorders in brain-damaged patients has been strongly influenced by models and experimental paradigms of cognitive neuropsychology,...

Published November 21st 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Language Competence Across Populations

Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment

• Edited by Yonata Levy, Jeannette C. Schaeffer

This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt...

Published November 1st 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Investigations in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics

• Edited by Fay Windsor, M. Louise Kelly, Nigel Hewlett

Investigations in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics is a sequel to the eighth meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, attended by delegates from...

Published April 1st 2002 by Psychology Press.

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Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children With Language Learning Disabilities

New Paradigms in Research and Practice

• Edited by Katharine G. Butler, Elaine R. Silliman

The ability to use language in more literate ways has always been a central outcome of education. Today, however, "being literate" requires more than functional...

Published December 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Scientific Thinking in Speech and Language Therapy

• By Carmel Lum

Speech and language pathologists, like all professionals who claim to be scientific in their practice, make a public commitment to operate on the basis of...

Published October 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Connectionist Approaches To Clinical Problems in Speech and Language

Therapeutic and Scientific Applications

• Edited by Raymond G. Daniloff

Connectionist accounts of language acquisition, processing, and dissolution proliferate despite attacks from some linguists, cognitive scientists, and engineers. Although the networks of exquisitely interconnected perceptrons...

Published August 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Neuropsychology and the Hispanic Patient

A Clinical Handbook

• Edited by Marcel O. Pont¢n, Jos‚ Le¢n-Carri¢n, Marcel Ponton, Jose Leon-Carrion

By 2010, 15% of the U.S. population will be Hispanic. Neuropsychology and the Hispanic Patient: A Clinical Handbook brings together internationally recognized authorities to address...

Published April 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages

A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Word Formation

• Edited by Diane Brentari

This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is...

Published March 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Foreign Accent

The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Second Language Phonology

• By Roy C. Major

Even though second-language learners may master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, they almost never achieve a native phonology (accent). Scholars and professionals...

Published March 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Speech and Language Impairments in Children

Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome

• Edited by Dorothy V.M Bishop, Lawrence Leonard

Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the commonest reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of a paediatrician.
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Published February 22nd 2001 by Psychology Press.

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