I am close to finishing the Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World. Every spare moment is spent finalising this important book.
I have just finished writing the abstract for the book:
The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of children’s speech development. Bringing together 172 of the world’s leading scholars, the Handbook provides a thorough and updated overview of children’s speech development in 49 languages: Afrikaans, Akan, Arabic, Azerbaijani/Azeri Turkish, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew (Israeli), Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Jamaican Creole, Japanese, Kurdish, Laki, Maltese, Mandarin/Putonghua, Māori, Norwegian, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Samoan, Sesotho, Setswana, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tok Pisin, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Walpiri, Welsh, Xhosa/isiXhosa, Zapotec, Zulu/isiZulu. While each chapter discusses varieties and dialects of the language of focus, specific chapters expand knowledge about the dialects of Arabic, English, French, Greek, Portuguese, and Spanish. Considerable effort was undertaken to identify and include chapters about languages spoken by First Nations people, lesser known, and minority languages.
The Handbook contains 80 chapters, beginning with five overview chapters, then the subsequent 75 chapters use a consistent template so that languages and dialects can be compared. The Handbook celebrates, respects, and preserves the uniqueness and integrity of different languages and dialects. Readers can identify common and unique elements of children’s typical speech development across languages and dialects. It provides a platform for accessing information about assessments and interventions as well as anatomical and diagnostic terminology for languages and dialects. The Handbook is an ideal resource for students and professionals in the fields of speech-language pathology, phonetics, applied linguistics, and related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL or for anyone with a love of languages.
Here is the final table of contents
1. Children’s speech development around the world: An introduction
2. Cultural considerations regarding children’s speech development
3. Articulatory and phonological foundations of children’s speech development
4. Speech assessment of children’s home languages (SACHL): A clinical protocol
5. Researching children’s speech development
6. Afrikaans speech development
7. Akan speech development
8. Arabic (Egyptian) speech development
9. Arabic (Kuwaiti) speech development
10. Arabic (Lebanese) speech development
11. Azerbaijani/Azeri Turkish speech development
12. Bulgarian speech development
13. Cantonese speech development
14. Danish speech development
15. Dutch speech development
16. English (African American) speech development
17. English (Appalachian) speech development
18. English (Australian) speech development
19. English (Cajun) speech development
20. English (Canadian) speech development
21. English (English) speech development
22. English (Fiji) speech development
23. English (General American) speech development
24. English (Irish) speech development
25. English (New Zealand) speech development
26. English (Scottish) speech development
27. English (South African) speech development
28. English + Cantonese speech development
29. English + French speech development
30. English + Greek speech development
31. English + Spanish speech development
32. English + Vietnamese speech development
33. Finnish speech development
34. Flemish speech development
35. French (Canadian) speech development
36. French (France) speech development
37. French (Swiss) speech development
38. German speech development
39. Greek (Cypriot) speech development
40. Greek (Standard) speech development
41. Hebrew (Israeli) speech development
42. Hungarian speech development
43. Icelandic speech development
44. Irish speech development
45. Italian speech development
46. Jamaican Creole speech development
47. Japanese speech development
48. Kurdish speech development
49. Laki speech development
50. Maltese speech development
51. Mandarin/Putonghua speech development
52. Māori speech development
53. Norwegian speech development
54. Persian/Farsi speech development
55. Polish speech development
56. Portuguese (Brazilian) speech development
57. Portuguese (European) speech development
58. Samoan speech development
59. Sesotho speech development
60. Setswana speech development
61. Slovak speech development
62. Slovenian speech development
63. Spanish (Andalusian) speech development
64. Spanish (Castilian) speech development
65. Spanish (Chilean) speech development
66. Spanish (Mexican) speech development
67. Spanish (Peruvian) speech development
68. Swedish speech development
69. Tagalog speech development
70. Tamil speech development
71. Thai speech development
72. Tok Pisin speech development
73. Turkish speech development
74. Urdu speech development
75. Vietnamese speech development
76. Walpiri speech development
77. Welsh speech development
78. Xhosa/isiXhosa speech development
79. Zapotec speech development
80. Zulu/isiZulu speech development
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