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Pragmatic Impairment

Hardback

Main Details

Title Pragmatic Impairment
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Perkins
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:244
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/Genrelinguistics
Psycholinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9780521790703
ClassificationsDewey:306.44
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 December 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Michael R. Perkins is Professor of Clinical Linguistics in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield.

Reviews

'... this is an important book on both pragmatics and on pragmatic impairment, and will be of use to those interested in broadening their theoretical knowledge as well as providing a sound basis for clinical practitioners ... this is quite an achievement and it deserves to be read by all interested in pragmatics.' Journal of Child Language