"Here is a complete guide to effective procedures for performing phonological analyses. In this valuable work, one of North America's most eminent linguists distills years of research and experience to provide procedures that are complete, flexible, adaptive, cumulative, and normative. Dr. Ingram shows step by step how to assess both normal and delayed phonological development with this practical system for analyzing phonological data regardless of the method by which it is collected. Going far beyond texts that focus on just a single aspect of analysis, he sets forth explicit experimental procedures that can be used to determine normal and delayed patterns of phonological in four distinct areas: phonetic analysis, analysis of homonymy, substitution analysis, [and] phonological process analysis. To illustrate procedures, Dr. Ingram used the specifics of actual case studies and provides model data analysis forms for each analytic method ... The text also provides a glossary of basic terms at the start of each chapter, practice pages to help the reader become familiar with new procedures, and frequent restatements and summaries of procedural steps. For researchers, this guide offers an unprecedented methodology for facilitating comparisons across studies. It is highly recommended as an assigned text for courses in child phonology and articulation disorders"--Back cover.