Language Disorders in Speakers of Chinese - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847691161 ISBN 13 : 9781847691163

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847691161
• ISBN 13: 9781847691163
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Law Sam-Po, Weekes Brendan, Wong Anita M-Y
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible