<i>Clinical Sociolinguistics</i> examines how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation. <br /> <ul class="noindent"> <li>fills gap in the literature for speech-language pathologists by addressing how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation<br /> </li> <li>collects newly commissioned articles written by top scholars in the field<br /> </li> <li>includes chapters that outline findings from sociolinguistic research over the last 40 years and point to the relevance of such findings for practicing speech-language pathologists<br /> </li> <li>discusses topics including bilingualism, code-switching, language planning, and African-American English</li> </ul>