Multilingual Aspects Fluency Disorderspb

by John Van Borsel and Peter Howell

Book Overview

This book contains contributions by scholars working on diverse aspects of speech who bring their findings to bear on the practical issue of how to treat stuttering in different language groups and in multilingual speakers. The book considers classic issues in speech production research, as well as whether regions of the brain that are affected in people who stutter relate to areas used intensively in fluent bilingual speech. It then reviews how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184769358X
• ISBN13: 9781847693587
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"