This book covers pragmatic disorders in previously neglected populations, such as juvenile offenders, sufferers of emotional and behavioural disorders, and dementia unrelated to Alzheimer's. Appraises current progress and offers a roadmap for future research.

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 attemptsto 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.

Examines pragmatic disorders in previously neglected populations (e.g. juvenile offenders, emotional and behavioural disorders, non-Alzheimer's dementias) A comprehensive survey of the state of the art in clinical pragmatics Argues for stronger links between clinical and theoretical research in the field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. She has published and edited 18 books in public health reasoning, communication disorders, pragmatics, and clinical linguistics. She is Visiting Professor at York St John University in the UK, and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

Inhalt

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.