Teaching Linguistics for Speech and Language Pathology

In this account we explore the sort of linguistics that should be included on courses training speech-language pathologists. We concentrate on a pragmatics-based approach to grammar that puts function and context in central position, and a phonology that allows students access to the wide range of theoretical approaches current in the literature. We conclude by arguing that just as it is the job of speech-language pathologists to teach speech and language disorders, it is the job of the linguist to teach clinical linguistics.