Clinical Sociolinguistics examines how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation.
# fills gap in the literature for speech-language pathologists by addressing how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation
# collects newly commissioned articles written by top scholars in the field
# includes chapters that outline findings from sociolinguistic research over the last 40 years and point to the relevance of such findings for practicing speech-language pathologists
# discusses topics including bilingualism, code-switching, language planning, and African-American English
# “Individuals acquire language, and lose it, in a variety of contexts. Gender, geography, socioeconomic status and bilingualism are all relevant to clinical reasoning about speech and language disorders. This timely volume is grounded in state-of-the art sociolinguistic research, but also demonstrates the application of sociolinguistic thinking to the clinical situation. It will be an invaluable text for those professionals faced with linguistically and culturally diverse client groups, and for students and researchers in communication disorders.” Paul Fletcher, University College Cork
This book contains 25 essays about English words, and how they are
defined, valued, and discussed. The book is divided into four sections.
The first section, "Language Lore," examines some of the myths and
misconceptions that affect attitudes toward language--and towards
English in particular. The second section, "Language Usage," examines
some specific questions of meaning and usage. Section 3, "Language
Trends," examines some controversial trends in English vocabulary, and
some developments too new to have received comment before. The fourth
section, "Language Politics," treats several aspects of linguistic
politics, from special attempts to deal with the ethnic, religious, or
sex-specific elements of vocabulary to the broader issues of language
both as a reflection of the public consciousness and the U.S.
Constitution and as a refuge for the most private forms of expression.
This Handbook stands as the premier scholarly resource for Language and Social Interaction (LSI) subject matter and research, giving visibility and definition to this area of study and establishing a benchmark for the current state of scholarship. The Handbook identifies the five main subdisciplinary areas that make up LSI--language pragmatics, conversation analysis, language and social psychology, discourse analysis, and the ethnography of communication. One section of the volume is devoted to each area, providing a forum for a variety of authoritative voices to provide their respective views on the central concerns, research programs, and main findings of each area...
Yoruba1 Proverbs is the most comprehensive collection to
date of more than five thousand Yoruban proverbs that showcase Yoruba
oral tradition. Following Oyekan Owomoyela’s introduction, which
provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural beliefs, the
proverbs are arranged by theme into five sections: the good person; the
fortunate person (or the good life); relationships; human nature;
rights and responsibilities; and truisms. Each proverb is presented in
Yoruba with a literal English translation, followed by a brief
commentary explaining the meaning of the proverb within the oral
tradition.
This definitive source book on Yoruba
proverbs is the first to give such detailed, systematic classification
and analysis alongside a careful assessment of the risks and pitfalls
of submitting this genre to the canons of literary analysis.
1 The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in Africa; the majority of them speak the Yoruba language (èdèe Yorùbá; èdè = language). The Yoruba constitute approximately 21 percent of Nigeria's total population, and around 30 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa.
There is a big difference between understanding the grammar
of a language and being able to speak that language well. You don’t need to
understand how a car engine works in order to drive a car.And you don’t need to
understand grammar to speak a language.
Knowing grammar will, however, perhaps give you more
confidence to speak, as you will be less afraid of making mistakes. Almost
every grammar rule has an exception, so the best way to improve your English is
to practise as much as you can.
