Research: Clinical Linguistics
The central focus of Clinical Linguistics is the application of the principles and methods of linguistics and phonetics to communication impairment in children and adults. The Sheffield group is one of the biggest in this field of linguistics.
Clinical linguistics plays a key role in the description, analysis and remediation of communication impairment. The study of linguistic aspects of communication development and disorder is also of relevance to linguistic theory and our understanding of language more generally.
While the group encompasses a number of approaches and topic areas, much of the research carried out adopts the following methodological orientation:
- Use of 'real' data in natural contexts
- Contextualised interpersonal interaction
- Inductive, data-driven hypothesis formulation
- Fine-grained description
- Single case studies and case series
Communication impairments which have been the focus of current or recent investigation include:
- Autism
- Cleft palate
- Developmental speech and language disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Williams syndrome
People
Where available, each person's name links through to their personal profile.
Academic staff
- Dr Richard Body
- Dr Stuart Cunningham
- Dr Hilary Gardner
- Professor Sara Howard
- Professor Mick Perkins
- Professor Bill Wells
- Dr Sandra Whiteside
Research students
- Sarah Bryan
- Frank Herrmann
- Tetsuya Jo
- Emina Kurtic
- Lim, Hui Woan
- Dariel Merrills
- Tom Muskett
- Hannah Sowden
Honorary research fellow
Research areas
Research areas in this cluster are organised in to three categories.