The discipline of Speech-Language Pathology is a specialized field that most often adopts some of the principles from various other disciplines including Linguistics. Since long, the strength of Linguistics and its application to clinical population was evident through the work of Aphasiologists. Yet, to date, the two disciplines have remained wide apart. The paper attempts to discuss the role of clinical linguistics drawing a few samples of clinical linguistic analysis from the author's research work. The paper also discusses the reasons for the two disciplines to stay apart for so long. Future directions are given to bridge the gaps in the knowledge source so that both the fields mutually benefit and that the clinical practice in Speech-Language Pathology becomes more efficient and effective. (Contains 3 notes.)