Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne Endowed Professor and Head of the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Michael R. Perkins is Professor of Clinical Linguistics in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield, England. Nicole Müller is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Sara Howard is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Phonetics in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield.

"This collection performs a rite of passage: clinical linguistics
has come of age." David Crystal, University of Wales, Bangor

"The range of topics represented here, and the quality of the
contributions, underline the advances Clinical Linguistics has made
in three decades. This volume will for some time be the benchmark
against which others in the field will be evaluated." Paul
Fletcher, University College Cork

"This comprehensive compendium covers the breadth and depth of
clinical linguistics, presenting the latest research on pragmatics,
discourse, sociolinguistics, syntax, semantics, phonetics and
phonology. The impressive cohort of international contributors
comprises the foremost authorities in their fields. This book is a
classic reference work and will be frequently cited." Sharynne
McLeod, Charles Sturt University, Australia

"This Handbook offers state-of-the-art reviews and cutting-edge
research reports. It is strongly recommended as a textbook for
students at the master's level and higher, instructors and
researchers in a variety of disciplines, including Speech-Language
Pathology, Clinical Linguistics, Medicine, and Psychology." Ben
Maassen, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre