Filling a critical gap in the field of language disorders, this book presents a scientifically validated screening system designed specifically for Chinese-speaking children.

Combining insights from linguistics, neuroscience, and clinical paediatrics, the book presents innovative, culturally adapted diagnostic solutions that reshape the way we assess and identify language disorders in Chinese-speaking populations. The authors present a precise screening framework that uniquely integrates behavioural assessments with neurocognitive biomarkers, based on a large-scale multimodal database that includes linguistic, audiovisual, and neurocognitive data across Chinese dialects and ethnicities. The framework systematically addresses four core language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - while taking into account the unique characteristics of Chinese language acquisition and developmental patterns.

This essential resource will serve as a valuable guide for researchers and students in applied linguistics, paediatrics and rehabilitation medicine. It will also appeal to professionals involved in language assessment, intervention, speech therapy and special education language training, particularly those working with Chinese-speaking children.

Shuo Lu is a Distinguished Professor in neurolinguistics at Shenzhen University, China, and is the founding director of Neurolinguistics Laboratory. Her research interests include language acquisition, language disorder, functional neural network and plasticity, etc.

Guoxin Qiu is an Associated Professor in Chinese linguistics at Sun Yat-sen University, China, and is the head of Department of Clinical Neurolinguistics Research at The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. His research interests include applied linguistics, clinical linguistics, and language disorders, etc.