Introductory linguistics for speech and language therapy practice [[electronic resource] /] / Jan McAllister, Jim Miller

• Autore: McAllister Jan
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex [England] ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley/Blackwell, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/50068
• Soggetto topico: Speech therapy - Practice; Speech therapists; Linguistics - Study and teaching; Language disorders - Treatment
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MillerJim
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introductory Linguistics for Speech and Language Therapy Practice; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.0 Why do speech and language therapy students need to study linguistics?; 1.1 Why do speech and language therapy students need this book?; 1.2 Aims of this book, and what this book will not aim to do; 1.3 Some preliminaries; 1.3.1 Levels of description in language; 1.4 How this book is organised; 1.5 Exercises; Exercises using clinical assessments; Further reading; 2 Words and Non-words; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 Why do SLTs need this knowledge?; 2.2 Learning objectives ; 2.3 Words, word-forms and lexemes2.4 Testing word processing and related abilities; 2.5 Principles of selection of items in clinical resources; 2.6 Words and non-words; Chapter summary; Exercises using clinical resources; Further reading; 3 Word Meaning; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Why do SLTs need this knowledge?; 3.2 Learning objectives; 3.3 Reference and sense; 3.4 Lexical semantics; 3.4.1 Lexemes, categories and concepts; 3.4.2 Decomposition of word meaning; 3.4.3 Basic concepts; 3.4.4 Semantic fields; 3.4.5 Sense relations; 3.4.6 Lexical ambiguity; Chapter summary ; Exercises using clinical resourcesFurther reading; 4 Sentence Meaning; 4.0 Introduction; 4.1 Why do SLTs need this knowledge?; 4.2 Learning objectives; 4.3 Sentence-level meaning; 4.3.1 Semantic roles; 4.3.2 Reversibility; 4.3.3 Contradiction; 4.3.4 Syntactic ambiguity; Chapter summary; Exercises using clinical resources; Further reading; 5 Parts of Speech; 5.0 Introduction; 5.1 Why do SLTs need this knowledge?; 5.2 Learning objectives; 5.3 Identifying parts of speech; 5.3.1 Content words and function words; 5.3.2 Why is it sometimes difficult to identify parts of speech in English? ; 5.3.3 Traditional, meaning-based criteria5.3.4 Form-based criteria; 5.3.5 Tests for parts of speech; Chapter summary; Exercises using clinical resources; Further reading; 6 Word Structure; 6.0 Introduction; 6.1 Why do SLTs need this knowledge?; 6.2 Learning objectives; 6.3 Words and morphemes; 6.4 Free and bound forms; 6.5 Allomorphs; 6.6 Common mechanisms of word formation in English; 6.6.1 Compounding; 6.6.2 Affixation; 6.7 Mean length of utterance in morphemes; Chapter summary; Exercises using clinical resources; Further reading; 7 Sentence Structure 1: Phrases and Clauses ; 7.0 Introduction7.1 Why do SLTs need this knowledge?; 7.2 Learning objectives; 7.3 Syntax, morphology and the lexicon; 7.4 Phrases; 7.4.1 Criteria for phrases; 7.4.2 Types of phrases; 7.4.3 Heads, modifiers and phrase types; 7.4.4 Phrases: noun phrases; 7.4.5 Phrases: prepositional phrases; 7.4.6 Phrases: adjective phrases; 7.4.7 Phrases: adverb phrases; 7.4.8 Phrases: verb phrases; 7.5 Clauses; 7.5.1 Elements of the clause; 7.5.2 Elements of the clause: verb; 7.5.3 Elements of the clause: subject; 7.5.4 Elements of the clause: object; 7.5.5 Elements of the clause: complement ; 7.5.6 Elements of the clause: adverbial
• Sommario/riassunto: This practical introduction to linguistics is a must-have resource for all speech and language therapy students, providing you with the fundamental theory needed as a foundation for practice. Written by authors with extensive experience in both research and teaching, Introductory Linguistics for Speech and Language Practice equips you with a practical understanding of relevant linguistic concepts in the key language areas of morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse and pragmatics. Each chapter opens by explaining why the information is of relevance to the speech language therap
• Titolo autorizzato: Introductory linguistics for speech and language therapy practice
• ISBN: 1-118-57195-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463125503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II