Research Methods in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (eBook)

Nicole Müller is Professor of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and holds a Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professorship. She is co-editor of the journal Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics and of the book series Communication Disorders Across Languages. She is the co-author of Approaches to Discourse in Dementia (with J. A. Guendouzi, 2006), editor of Multilayered Transcription (2007), and co-editor of The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders (with J. S. Damico and M. J. Ball, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is co-editor of the journal Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics and two book series: Communication Disorders Across Languages and Language and Speech Disorders (with J. S. Damico). He co-edited The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics (with M. Perkins, N. Müller and S. Howard, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008) and The Celtic Languages (with N. Müller, 2009), and co-wrote Phonology for Communication Disorders (with N. Müller and B. Rutter, 2010).

Notes on Contributors vii

1 Linguistics, Phonetics, and Speech-Language Pathology:
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 1

Nicole Müller and Martin J. Ball

2 Research Ethics 10

Thomas W. Powell

3 Experimental and Quasi-experimental Research in Clinical
Linguistics and Phonetics 28

Vesna Mildner

4 The Investigation of Speech Production: Experimental and
Quasi-experimental Approaches 48

B. May Bernhardt, Penelope Bacsfalvi, Marcy Adler-Bock,
Geetanjalee Modha, and Barbara Purves

5 Investigating Disordered Language: Experimental and
Quasi-experimental Approaches 63

Judith D. Oxley

6 Qualitative Research in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics
87

Nicole Müller

7 An Ethnographic Approach to Assessing Communication Success in
Interactions Involving Adults with Developmental Delay 107

Jacqueline Guendouzi and Paula S. Currie

8 Conversation Analysis Applied to Disordered Speech and
Language 126

Scott Barnes and Alison Ferguson

9 Clinical Sociolinguistics 146

Martin J. Ball and Louise Keegan

10 The Recording of Audio and Video Data 160

Ben Rutter and Stuart Cunningham

11 Data Processing: Transcriptional and Impressionistic Methods
177

Martin J. Ball, Sara Howard, Nicole Müller, and Angela
Granese

12 Data Processing: Digital Analysis of Speech Audio Signals
195

Mark Huckvale

13 Data Processing: Imaging of Speech Data 219

Joan Rahilly

14 Data Analysis and Interpretation: Statistical Methods
253

Eleonora Rossi

15 AphasiaBank: Data and Methods 268

Brian MacWhinney, Davida Fromm, Audrey Holland, and Margaret
Forbes

16 Disseminating Research: Reading, Writing, and Publishing
288

Sharynne McLeod

Index 311

"It offers students and researchers from a variety of
entry points - such as linguistics, education, psychology,
and speech-language pathology - and introduction to the scope
of research in clinical linguistics and phonetics, and a practical
guide to this interdisciplinary field." (Clinical
Linguistics, 28 September 2012)

"Up to date and covering a refreshingly wide range of
approaches, this is a first-rate guide and resource for both
practitioners and consumers of research in clinical linguistics and
phonetics." - Mick Perkins, University of
Sheffield

"This truly outstanding collection of readings,
treating a number of critical issues with great clarity, is
certain to be quickly recognized as a valuable resource by the
community of researchers." - Martin R.
Gitterman, The City University of New York

"This volume offers excellent coverage of both
qualitative and quantitative methods, with clinical examples. It
will be of great value to students and scholars in clinical
linguistics, speech-language pathology and related fields."
- Tara Whitehill, The University of Hong Kong

"The scope of this volume illustrates just how effective
clinical linguistics and phonetics has been in the exploration of
speech and language impairment. This book will be a prime resource
for researchers and students." - Paul Fletcher, University
of Cork