Handbook of Communication Disorders: Theoretica. Bar-On, Ravid, Dattner<|

Handbook of Communication DisordersTheoretical, Empirical, and Applied Linguistic Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Amalia Bar-On, Dorit Ravid, Elitzur Dattner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, United States\nImprint: De Gruyter Mouton\nISBN-13: 9781614516859, 978-1614516859\nSynopsis\nThe domain of Communication Disorders has grown exponentially in the last two decades and has come to encompass much more than audiology, speech impediments and early language impairment. The realization that most developmental and learning disorders are language-based or language-related has brought insights from theoretical and empirical linguistics and its clinical applications to the forefront of Communication Disorders science. The current handbook takes an integrated psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, and sociolinguistic perspective on Communication Disorders by targeting the interface between language and cognition as the context for understanding disrupted abilities and behaviors and providing s.