Notes on Contributors. Foreword. Loraine Obler. Preface. Part 1: Sociolinguistic Research:. 1. Language, communities, networks and practices: David Britain (Essex University) & Kaz Matsumoto(University of Tokyo, Japan). 2. Regional and social variation: Margaret Maclagan (University of Canterbury, New Zealand). 3. Language and gender: Jackie Guendouzi (University of South Alabama). 4. Bilingualism and multilingualism: John Edwards (St. Francis Xavier University). 5. Code-switching and Diglossia: Nicole Muller and Martin J. Ball (both University of Louisiana, Lafayette). 6. Language and Power: Jack Damico (University of Louisiana, Lafayette), Nina Simmons-Mackie (Louisiana University), and Holly Hawley (University of Louisiana, Lafayette). 7. Language and Culture: Nicole Taylor and Norma Mendoza-Denton (both University of Arizona). 8. African-American English: Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University). 9. Language Change: Dominic Watt (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) and Jennifer Smith (University of York). 10. Language Planning: Humphrey Tonkin (University of Hartford). 11. Dialect perception and attitudes to variation: Dennis Preston and Gregory C. Robinson (both Michigan State University). Part 2: A Clinical Sociolinguistics:. 12. Acquisition of sociolinguistic variation: Julie Roberts (University of Vermont). 13. Bi- and multilingual language acquisition: Zhu Hua and Li Wei (both University of Newcastle). 14. Assessing Language in Children who Speak a Nonmainstream Dialect of English: Janna Oetting (Louisiana State University). 15. Childhood Bilingualism: distinguishing difference from disorder: Li Wei, Nik Miller, Barbara Dodd and Zhu Hua (all University of Newcastle). 16. Speech Perception, Hearing Impairment, and Linguistic Variation: Cynthia Clopper & David Pisoni (both Indiana University). 17. Aphasia in multilingual populations: Martin Gitterman (City University of New York). 18. Designing assessment materials for multilinguals: Janet Patterson and Barbara Rodriguez (both University of New Mexico). 19. Literacy as a sociolinguistic process for Clinical Purposes: Jack Damico (University of Louisiana, Lafayette), Ryan Nelson (University of Texas, El Paso), and Linda Bryan (University of Louisiana, Monroe). 20. The Sociolinguistics of sign languages: Ceil Lucas (Gallaudet University), Robert Bayley (University of Texas, San Antonio), and Arlene Blumenthal Kelly (Gallaudet University). 21. Managing linguistic diversity in the clinic: interpreters in speech-language pathology: Kim Isaac (University of Newcastle, Australia). References. Name Index. Subject Index.
