Frontmatter -- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series -- Table of contents -- Introduction to the Handbook of Communication Disorders: Theoretical, Empirical, and Applied Linguistic Perspectives I Linguistic acquisition Section 1: Phonology and speech -- 1. The role of hearing in speech and language acquisition and processing 2. Speech perception and auditory development in infants with and without hearing loss 3 Developing phonology I Linguistic acquisition Section 2: Lexical knowledge -- 4 Early lexicon and the development that precedes and follows it - A developmental view to early lexicon 5 .Typical and atypical lexical development 6. Figurative language acquisition and development 7. Figurative language development: Implications for assessment and clinical practice 8 .Spoken word production: Processes and potential breakdown I Linguistic acquisition Section 3: Grammatical constructions -- 9. Morphological development 10. Acquisition of an agglutinative language under adverse neonatal conditions 11. Later morpho-lexical acquisition 12. Development of complex syntax: From early clause-combining to text-embedded syntactic packaging II Oral and written communication Section 4: Communication and discourse -- 13. Theory of mind and communication: Developmental perspectives 14. Socio-pragmatic skills underlying language development: Boundaries between typical and atypical development 15. Learning conversational skills and learning from conversation 16. Narrative Discourse: Developmental Perspectives 17. Narrative interventions for children with language disorders: A review of practices and findings 18. Helping language learning in inclusive classrooms II Oral and written communication Section 5: Linguistic literacy -- 19. What is literacy? And what is a literate disability? 20. Promoting early literacy of children from low socioeconomic backgrounds in preschool and at home 21. Foundations for a universal model of learning to read 22. Acquisition of spelling: Normal and impaired/disordered populations 23 .The role of morphology in reading and writing 24. Reading comprehension: Individual differences, disorders, and underlying cognitive processes 25. Grammar for writing and grammar in writing III Environmental effects Section 6: Socio-economic status -- 26. How socioeconomic differences in early language environments shape children's language development 27. Cognition and language in different socioeconomic and environmental settings 28. Language disorder versus language difference: The impact of socio-economic status III Environmental effects Section 7: Multilingualism -- 29. Input, context and early child bilingualism: Implications for clinical practice 30. SLI in bilingual development: How do we approach assessment? 31. Development of vocabulary knowledge and its relationship with reading comprehension among emergent bilingual children: An overview 32. Factors affecting second language acquisition: Successes and nonsuccesses IV. Language and communication disorders Section 8: Developmental and neurological disorders -- 33 .The changing profile of Specific Language Impairment 34. Neuroplasticity and development: Discourse in children with perinatal stroke and children with language impairment 35 .Types of developmental dyslexia 36. Implicit learning in developmental dyslexia as demonstrated by the Serial Reaction Time (SRT) and the Artificial Grammar Learning (AGL) tasks 37. Speech and language in congenitally deaf children with a cochlear implant 38. Parental involvement in early intervention for children with hearing loss 39. Communication, language, and speech in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) 40. Language in people with Williams syndrome 41. Making language accessible for people with cognitive disabilities: Intellectual disability as a test case IV Language and communication disorders Section 9: Disorders in aging -- 42. Brain and language in healthy aging 43. Language impairments in acquired aphasia: Features and frameworks 44 .Language in neurodegenerative diseases Index