Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future
Across the world, many infants, children, adults, and elderly people are reported with many types of disorders and disabilities that damage, delay, or impede typical language development and/or use. Speech–language pathologists and other relevant clinicians are responsible for diagnosing, assessing,...
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| description | Across the world, many infants, children, adults, and elderly people are reported with many types of disorders and disabilities that damage, delay, or impede typical language development and/or use. Speech–language pathologists and other relevant clinicians are responsible for diagnosing, assessing, and rehabilitating these conditions. In nearly all types of disorders or disabilities that affect language, clinical linguistics plays a significant role in their study, diagnosis, and evaluation. This study provides a thorough analysis of the field of clinical linguistics. Data from Scopus, WOS, and Lens were used between 1981 and 2022. The documents included in the analysis were 1685, 1628, and 2677 articles published between 1981 and 2022 in clinical linguistics in Scopus, WOS, and Lens, respectively. For the purpose of assessing the development and impacts of the field of clinical linguistics, we used eight bibliometric and eight scientometric indicators. As part of the study, the results summarized the top contributors to clinical linguistics in terms of production size by year, country, university/research centre, journal, publisher, and author. The impact of the examined evidence on clinical linguistics was visualized and tabulated in the form of visual networks, citation counts, burst, cooccurrence, centrality, and sigma factors that are helpful in identifying the main influencers in clinical linguistics. A few examples of clinical linguistics patterns that are being explored extensively by researchers include cleft palate speech with model theories, visual feedback, motor speech disorders with instrumental analysis, acoustic analysis to understand conversational breakdown, nonlinear phonological theory, aphasic conversation in atypical interaction, and diagnostic markers in functional segments. There are also phonological disorders, William Syndrome, and the use of ultrasound, which may be considered potential clusters of clinical linguistics. A key contribution of this paper is highlighting the importance of clinical linguistics as well as its integration with linguistics, speech–language pathology, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, psychology, and psychometrics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72602a0c529f422b8c08370aef887dae2023-12-03T13:28:36ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-08-0198120210.3390/children9081202Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and FutureAhmed Alduais0Abdullah Alduais1Hind Alfadda2Silvia Allegretta3Department of Human Sciences (Psychology), University of Verona, 37129 Verona, ItalyEnglish Language Institute, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, ItalyAcross the world, many infants, children, adults, and elderly people are reported with many types of disorders and disabilities that damage, delay, or impede typical language development and/or use. Speech–language pathologists and other relevant clinicians are responsible for diagnosing, assessing, and rehabilitating these conditions. In nearly all types of disorders or disabilities that affect language, clinical linguistics plays a significant role in their study, diagnosis, and evaluation. This study provides a thorough analysis of the field of clinical linguistics. Data from Scopus, WOS, and Lens were used between 1981 and 2022. The documents included in the analysis were 1685, 1628, and 2677 articles published between 1981 and 2022 in clinical linguistics in Scopus, WOS, and Lens, respectively. For the purpose of assessing the development and impacts of the field of clinical linguistics, we used eight bibliometric and eight scientometric indicators. As part of the study, the results summarized the top contributors to clinical linguistics in terms of production size by year, country, university/research centre, journal, publisher, and author. The impact of the examined evidence on clinical linguistics was visualized and tabulated in the form of visual networks, citation counts, burst, cooccurrence, centrality, and sigma factors that are helpful in identifying the main influencers in clinical linguistics. A few examples of clinical linguistics patterns that are being explored extensively by researchers include cleft palate speech with model theories, visual feedback, motor speech disorders with instrumental analysis, acoustic analysis to understand conversational breakdown, nonlinear phonological theory, aphasic conversation in atypical interaction, and diagnostic markers in functional segments. There are also phonological disorders, William Syndrome, and the use of ultrasound, which may be considered potential clusters of clinical linguistics. A key contribution of this paper is highlighting the importance of clinical linguistics as well as its integration with linguistics, speech–language pathology, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, psychology, and psychometrics.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1202clinical linguisticsspeech–language pathologyspeech disorderslanguage disordersacquired aphasiadevelopmental dysphasia |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Alduais Abdullah Alduais Hind Alfadda Silvia Allegretta Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future Children clinical linguistics speech–language pathology speech disorders language disorders acquired aphasia developmental dysphasia |
| title | Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future |
| title_full | Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future |
| title_fullStr | Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future |
| title_short | Clinical Linguistics: Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains in Past, Present and Future |
| title_sort | clinical linguistics analysis of mapping knowledge domains in past present and future |
| topic | clinical linguistics speech–language pathology speech disorders language disorders acquired aphasia developmental dysphasia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1202 |
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