Martin J. Ball & Michael R. Perkins 
The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics 

The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics brings together an
international team of contributors to create an original,
in-depth survey of the field for students and practitioners of
speech-language pathology, linguistics, psychology, and education.

* Explores the field of clinical linguistics: the application of
the principles and methods of linguistics to the study of language
disability in all its forms

* Fills a gap in the existing literature, creating the first
non-encyclopedic volume to explore this ever-expanding area of
linguistic concern and research

* Includes a range of pathologies, with each section exploring
multilingual and cross-linguistics aspects of the field, as well as
analytical methods and assessment

* Describes how mainstream theories and descriptions of language
have been influenced by clinical research

About the author

Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne Endowed Professor and Head of
the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette.

Michael R. Perkins is Professor of Clinical Linguistics
in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University
of Sheffield, England.

Nicole Müller is Hawthorne-Bo RSF Endowed Professor
in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette.

Sara Howard is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Phonetics in
the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of
Sheffield.