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				Nicole Müller, D.Phil.
				Professor (Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor III), Communicative Disorders
				M.A. (s.c.l.) University of Bonn, Germany, 1988 D.Phil., University of Oxford, UK, 1993 Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education, University of Central England, Birmingham, 1995
				P.O. Box 43170 Lafayette, LA 70504. OK Allen Hall, Room 196B Phone: 337-482-1077 Email: nmueller@louisiana.edu URL: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mxm2092
				Short List of Research Interests: Clinical linguistics of language use and interaction: functional and pragmatics-based approaches; specifically in populations with communicative disorders. Aging, and aging-related disorders of communication; dementia and communication. Bilingualism and 2nd language acquisition, specifically in clinical contexts. Intelligibility as a theoretical and practical issue in normal L1 and L2, and disordered speech and language. Diachronic development of syntax and semantics in Indo-European languages, especially Celtic. Selected Recent Publications: Ball, M.J., Müller, N. and Rutter, B. (2008). Phonology for Communication Disorders. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Müller, N., and Wilson, B.T. (2008). Collaborative role construction in a conversation with dementia: An application of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 22. Müller, N. (ed.) (2006) Multilayered Transcription. San Diego: Plural Publishers. Guendouzi, J.A. & Müller, N. (2006) Approaches to Discourse in Dementia. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Ball, M.J. and Müller, N. (2005) Phonetics for Communication Disorders. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Müller, N. and Guendouzi, J.A., (2005) Order and disorder in conversation: encounters with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 19, 293-304.

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