Communication Disorders in Spanish Speakers : : Theoretical, Research and Clinical Aspects / / ed. by José G. Centeno, Raquel T. Anderson, Loraine K. Obler.

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• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Raquel T.,; Ansaldo, Ana Inés,; Ardila, Alfredo,; Bell-Berti, Fredericka,; Brozgold, Alizah Z.,; Castilla, Anny Patricia,; Centeno, José G.,; Conboy, Barbara T.,; Datta, Hia,; Gingerich, Willard,; Gitterman, Martin R.,; Goldstein, Brian A.,; Ijalba, Elizabeth,; Iribarren, I. Carolina,; Jackson-Maldonado, Donna,; Kan, Pui Fong,; Kayser, Hortencia,; Kohnert, Kathryn,; Lozano, Azucena,; Marcotte, Karine,; Obler, Loraine K.,; Ostrosky-Solís, Feggy,; Pietrosemoli, Lourdes G.,; Ramírez, Maura J.,; Restrepo, María Adelaida,; Reyes, Belinda A.,; Weekes, Brendan Stuart,
• HerausgeberIn: Anderson, Raquel T.,; Centeno, José G.,; Obler, Loraine K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Communication Disorders Across Languages
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Spanish speakers, whether in monolingual or bilingual situations, or in majority or minority contexts, represent a considerable population worldwide. Spanish speakers in the U.S. constitute an illustrative context of the challenges faced by speech-language practitioners to provide realistic services...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1: Preliminary Considerations
• Chapter 1. Contrastive Analysis between Spanish and English
• Chapter 2. English Language Learners: Literacy and Biliteracy Considerations
• Chapter 3. Bilingual Development and Communication: Implications for Clinical Language Studies
• Chapter 4. Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism
• Chapter 5. Sociocultural, Societal, and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism: Variables, Interactions, and Therapeutic Implications in Speech-Language Pathology
• Chapter 6. Cross-linguistic Research: The Convergence of Monolingual and Bilingual Data
• Chapter 7. The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language Disorders among Spanish Speakers
• Chapter 8. Ethical and Methodological Considerations in Clinical Communication Research with Hispanic Populations
• Part 2: Research in Children: Conceptual, Methodological, Empirical, and Clinical Considerations
• Chapter 9. Exploring the Grammar of Spanish-speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment
• Chapter 10. Language Elicitation and Analysis as a Research and Clinical Tool for Latino Children
• Chapter 11. Utterance Length Measures for Spanish-speaking Toddlers: The Morpheme versus Word Issue Revisited
• Chapter 12. Lexical Skills in Young Children Learning a Second Language: Methods, Results, and Clinical Applications
• Chapter 13. Measuring Phonological Skills in Bilingual Children: Methodology and Clinical Applications
• Part 3: Research in Adults: Empirical Evidence and Clinical Implications
• Chapter 14. Prepositional Processing in Spanish Speakers with Aphasia: The Role of Semantic Value and Amount of Contextual Information
• Chapter 15. Cohesion in the Conversational Samples of Broca’s Aphasic Individuals: Theoretical and Clinical Implications
• Chapter 16. Language Switching in the Context of Spanish–English Bilingual Aphasia
• Chapter 17. Description and Detection of Acquired Dyslexia and Dysgraphia in Spanish
• Chapter 18. Cross-linguistic Aspects of Dyslexia in Spanish–English Bilinguals
• Chapter 19. Neuropsychological Profile of Adult Illiterates and the Development and Application of a Neuropsychological Program for Learning to Read
• Chapter 20. Phonetic Descriptions of Speech Production in Bilingual Speakers: Empirical Evidence and Clinical Considerations
• Epilogue
• Index