This is the second edition of the conference proceedings for the 14th Meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA), held on 27–30 June 2012 at University College Cork, Ireland. The conference was the largest so far, attracting around 250 delegates from 33 different countries. The scientific programme included a total of 160 posters, 60 oral sessions, 9 thematic panels, 4 plenary talks and 1 award presentation – the Honours of the Association. The honoree was Prof. David Crystal, for his pioneering work in the field of Clinical Linguistics, his important on-going work in that field, and in the study of language in general.