Pragmatic Disorders

• Main Author: Cummings, Louise (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology, 3
• Subjects: Medicine.; Philosophy.; Speech pathology.; Linguistics.; Cognitive psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Speech Pathology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Philosophy, general.; Linguistics, general.

This wide-ranging survey of the state of the art in clinical pragmatics includes an examination of pragmatic disorders in previously neglected populations such as juvenile offenders, children and adults with emotional and behavioural disorders, and adults with non-Alzheimer dementias. This book make...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Pragmatics and Language Pathology
• Chapter 2. Pragmatic Disorders across the Life Span
• Chapter 3. Disorders of the Pragmatics-Cognition Interface
• Chapter 4. Theoretical Models and Pragmatic Disorders
• Chapter 5. The Impact of Pragmatic Disorders
• Chapter 6. Pragmatic Disorders in Complex and Undeserved Populations
• Chapter 7. Pragmatic Disorders and Social Communication
• Index.