Pragmatic Disability in Children

Pragmatic Disability in Children
Author: Michael McTear
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781870332767

Pragmatics has become an increasingly important topic in speech therapy. This book presents its material in a form accessible to practitioners and addresses the applied areas of most concern to speech therapists.

Children's Pragmatic Communication Difficulties

Children's Pragmatic Communication Difficulties
Author: Eeva Leinonen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000-01-10
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This volume provides a synthesis of work in the field of childhood pragmatic problems. It provides both an introduction and more detailed consideration of the area. Aspects covered include: conversational analysis, speech and communicative acts, reference, narrative, pragmatic comprehension, and relevance

Case Studies in Communication Disorders

Case Studies in Communication Disorders
Author: Louise Cummings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107154871

This is a collection of 48 highly useful case studies of children and adults with communication disorders.

Pragmatic Disorders

Pragmatic Disorders
Author: Louise Cummings
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400779542

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 makes a significant contribution to the discussion of pragmatic disorders by exploring topics which have a fast-rising profile in the field. These topics include disorders in which there are both pragmatic and cognitive components, and studies of the complex impacts of pragmatic disorders such as mental health problems, educational disadvantage and social exclusion. This book also presents a critical evaluation of our current state of knowledge of pragmatic disorders. The author focuses on the lack of integration between theoretical and clinical branches of pragmatics and argues that the work of clinicians is all too often inadequately informed by theoretical frameworks. She attempts to bridge these gaps by pursuing a closer alliance of clinical and theoretical branches of pragmatics. It is claimed that this alliance represents the most promising route for the future development of the field. At once a yardstick measuring progress thus far in clinical pragmatics, and also a roadmap for future research development, this single-author volume defines where we have reached in the field, as well as where we have to go next.​

Research in Clinical Pragmatics

Research in Clinical Pragmatics
Author: Louise Cummings
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2017-01-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3319474898

This is the first volume to present individual chapters on the full range of developmental and acquired pragmatic disorders in children and adults. In chapters that are accessible to students and researchers as well as clinicians, this volume introduces the reader to the different types of pragmatic disorders found in clinical populations as diverse as autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury and right hemisphere language disorder. The volume also moves beyond these well-established populations to include conditions such as congenital visual impairment and non-Alzheimer dementias, in which there are also pragmatic impairments. Through the use of conversational and linguistic data, the reader can see how pragmatic disorders impact on the communication skills of the clients who have them. The assessment and treatment of pragmatic disorders are examined, and chapters also address recent developments in the neuroanatomical and cognitive bases of these disorders.

Speech and Language Impairments in Children

Speech and Language Impairments in Children
Author: Dorothy V.M Bishop
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317715829

Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the commonest reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of a paediatrician. Accessible to non-academic Speech and Language Impairments provides an overview of recent research developments in specific speech and language impairments, written by experts in the field. Topics include normal and disordered development of problems , crosslinguistic studies, pragmatic language impairments, early identification, educational and psychiatric outcomes, acquired epileptic aphasia and experimental studies of remediation. The book concludes with a chapter by Michael Rutter that gives guidelines for conducting and evaluating research in this field.

The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders

The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders
Author: Nicole Müller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1118448715

The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey of the latest research in communication disorders. Contributions from leading experts explore current issues, landmark studies, and the main topics in the field, and include relevant information on analytical methods and assessment. A series of foundational chapters covers a variety of important general principles irrespective of specific disorders. These chapters focus on such topics as classification, diversity considerations, intelligibility, the impact of genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention. Other chapters cover a wide range of language, speech, and cognitive/intellectual disorders.

Child Language Disability: Semantic and pragmatic difficulties

Child Language Disability: Semantic and pragmatic difficulties
Author: Kay Mogford-Bevan
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781853591273

Rising recognition of semantic and pragmatic disabilities in children with specific language impairment has created a demand for a satisfactory framework and suitable methods for assessment and remediation. Work in tackling these problems is at an early stage. This book reports on progress in research and practice in a form accessible to professionals from a variety of backgrounds.

Semantic and Pragmatic Language Disorders

Semantic and Pragmatic Language Disorders
Author: Ellyn Lucas Arwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A revised edition of this classic text expands on the theoretical aspect of the language system as it relates to learning. it covers all areas crucial to effective assessment and intervention and helpful case histories make this book easy to read and understand. This text is well organizedchapters include a list of objectives, a comprehensive overview, end of chapter questions, and references.

Pragmatic Impairment

Pragmatic Impairment
Author: Michael Perkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2007-12-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1139467417

Pragmatics - the way we communicate using more than just language - is particularly problematic for people with speech disorders. Through an extensive analysis of how pragmatics can go wrong, this 2007 book not only provides a clinically useful account of pragmatic impairment, but it also throws light on how pragmatics functions in healthy individuals. Michael Perkins brings mainstream and clinical pragmatics together by showing that not only can our understanding of pragmatics be aided by the study of pragmatic impairment, but that clinical and theoretical pragmatics are better served by treating pragmatic ability and disability within a single framework. It is a comprehensive book aimed primarily at linguists and psycholinguists rather than clinicians, and includes illustrative material on conditions such as autism and aphasia and a wide range of other communication disorders in both children and adults.