Fr. 211.20

Language Disorders in Speakers of Chinese

English · Hardback

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This book represents the latest research in language disorders in Chinese speakers by more than 20 scholars from Asia, the UK and the US. It features single case and group studies addressing theoretical and clinical issues concerning language impairments and reading and writing disorders in Chinese-speaking children and adults.


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Sam-Po Law is an Associate Professor at the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong. She was trained in developmental psychology and linguistics. Her research interests in Chinese language disorders include acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia, lexical and sentence processing deficits, and language rehabilitation of individuals with aphasia.
Brendan Weekes is an experimental psychologist who studies the psychology of language and memory - specifically word recognition and recall. He examines cognitive processes using cross-linguistic, neuropsychological and brain imaging methods. His research can be applied to understanding problems in clinical neuropsychology including bilingual aphasia, dementia and reading difficulties.
Anita Wong is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong. A speech-language pathologist by training, she has worked with English- and Chinese-speaking children with developmental speech and language disorders. Her current research interests include the early identification of language impairment, and the underlying linguistic and cognitive deficits in Cantonese-speaking children with SLI.


Product details

Assisted by Sam-Po Law (Editor), Brendan Weekes (Editor), Anita M. Wong (Editor), Anita M-Y Wong (Editor)
Publisher Multilingual Matters
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.12.2008
 
EAN 9781847691163
ISBN 978-1-84769-116-3
No. of pages 326
Dimensions 161 mm x 240 mm x 22 mm
Weight 655 g
Series Communication Disorders Across
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General
Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology
Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries

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