Handbook of Communication Competence

In our everyday life, communicative processes are relevant in almost all situations. It is important to know whether you should say something which is adequate in the situation or whether it is better to say nothing at all. Communicative competence is fundamental for a successful life in our society as it is of great importance for all areas of life. Therefore, it is not surprising that communicative competence is the subject of many theoretical and empirical approaches and, in consequence, research on this topic is diverse. We focus our contributions on linguistic aspects of communication. In the centre of interest are linguistic oriented performances of different forms of communicative competence, language acquisition, and language disorders. The topics of this book concern the description of methods for studying language in the brain, the interaction between language and cognition, discourse acquisition of children, literacy acquisition and its precursors, the use and acquisition of the sign language, models and training of writing and reading, nonverbal communicative competence, media competence, communication training, developmental dyslexia, the treatment of stuttering, and the description of language disorders.

Auteur

Gert Rickheit & Hans Strohner,University of Bielefeld, Germany.

Contenu
HAL 1 -Handbook of Individual Communication Competence Table of Contents I. FOUNDATIONS1. The Concept of Communicative Competence Gert Rickheit/ Hans Strohner Constanze Vorwerg II. ACQUISITION2. Language and Neurophysiological Development Ralph-Axel Mueller, Erica Palmer3. Cognitive Foundations Katharina J. Rohlfing4. First Utterances Holly L. Storkel5. Discourse Acquisition Clair Pond, Michael Siegal6. Literacy Acquisition and Its Precursors Pekka Niemi7. Sign Language Acquisition Vivian Raithel III. ADULT COMPETENCE8. Speaking and Listening Thomas Holtgraves9. Writing and Reading Elke Prestin10. Nonverbal Communication Competence Nancy M. Puccinelli11. Media Competence Daniel Perrin, Maureen Ehrensberger IV. COMPETENCE TRAINING 12. Communication Training Annette Lepschy13. Coping with the Needs of Presentation Mike Allen, Nancy Burrell, John Bourhis14. Training of Writing and Reading Eva-Maria Jakobs, Daniel Perrin V. LANGUAGE THERAPY15. Developmental dyslexia: A Developmental Neurolinguistic Approach Virginia W. Berninger, William Nagy, Todd Richards, Wendy Raskind16. Language disorders Martina Hielscher-Fastabend17. The Nature and Treatment of Stuttering Ashley Craig