Introduction to Language Pathology

ISBN-13: 9781861560711 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 288 str.

David Crystal; Rosemary (University Of Sheffield) Varley

Opis

New features of this fourth edition include the introduction of the WHO distinctions between impairment, disability and handicap, an increased focus on information processing approaches, and revision questions to reinforce student learning.

Spis treści

Preface to the fourth edition.

Preface to the third edition.

Preface to the second edition.

Preface to the first edition.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1 The scope of the subject.

Chapter 2 Approaches to language disability.

Chapter 3 The communiation chain.

Chapter 4 The physical basis of the communication chain.

Chapter 5 The classification of linguistic pathologies.

Chapter 6 Assessment and treatment of communication disorders.

Further reading.

Author index.

Subject Index.

O autorze

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over 1 books and published numerous articles for scholarly, professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His books include the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (2nd edn 1997), the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (2nd edn 2003), Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006), and The Fight for English (OUP 2006).

Blurb

The new content includes the introduction of the WHO distinctions between impairment, disability and handicap; an increased focus on information processing approaches to language disorders, and the introduction of revision questions as well as tutorial activities at the end of every chapter to support student learning.