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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781341403321

Titolo

Multilingual Aspects of Fluency Disorders / / Peter Howell, John Van Borsel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-14772-6

9786613147721

1-84769-357-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

Communication Disorders Across Languages

Disciplina

618.92 855

Soggetti

Speech disorders in children

Language disorders in children

Multilingualism

Language Arts

Speech Disorders

Age Groups

Child Development

Language Disorders

Human Development

Language

Persons

Communication

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Communication Disorders

Information Science

Neurobehavioral Manifestations

Neurologic Manifestations

Signs and Symptoms

Nervous System Diseases

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Diseases

Stuttering

Child

Language Development

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Pediatrics



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Speech of Fluent Child Bilinguals -- Chapter 2 Speech Production in Simultaneous and Sequential Bilinguals -- Chapter 3: Genetics and Language -- Chapter 4: Brain Structure and Function in Developmental Stuttering and Bilingualism -- Chapter 5: The Speech and Language Characteristics of Developmental Stuttering in English Speakers -- Chapter 6 Stuttering in Japanese -- Chapter 7: Disfluent Speech Characteristics of Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Children -- Chapter 8: Characteristics of Developmental Stuttering in Iran -- Chapter 9: Stuttering Research in Brazil: An Overview -- Chapter 10: A Survey on Traditional Treatment Practices for Stuttering in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 11: Review of Research on the Relationship between Bilingualism and Stuttering -- Chapter 12: Stuttering in English-Mandarin Bilinguals in Singapore -- Chapter 13: Linguistic Analysis of Stuttering in Bilinguals: Methodological Challenges and Solutions -- Chapter 14: Treating Bilingual Stuttering in Early Childhood: Clinical Updates and Applications -- Chapter 15: Methodology Matters -- Chapter 16: Fluency Disorders and Language Diversity: Lessons Learned and Future Directions -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains contributions by scholars working on diverse aspects of speech who bring their findings to bear on the practical issue of how to treat stuttering in different language groups and in multilingual speakers. The book considers classic issues in speech production research, as well as whether regions of the brain that are affected in people who stutter relate to areas used intensively in fluent bilingual speech. It then reviews how formal language properties and differential use of parts of language affect stuttering in English, and then compares these findings to work on stuttering in a variety of languages. Finally, the book addresses methodological issues to do with studies on bilingualism and stuttering; and discusses which approach is appropriate in the treatment of bilingual and multilingual people who stutter.