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(Whurr Publishers) Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK. Gives a current synthesis of work in the field an provides and introduction and detailed discussion of this area. Covers conversational analysis, speech and communicative acts, reference, narrative, pragmatic comprehension, and relevance. For clinicians, students, and researchers. Softcover. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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In linguistic terms "pragmatics" covers the whole area of language use and communication in action. It includes the way in which language, gestures and other signals used in everyday situations are applied to patients suffering with impaired communication. This book explores the changes which have taken place over the past 20 years in the study of language and communication. Discourse analysis and pragmatics provide a way of exploring communication success and failure and are important concepts for health care professionals working with communication disability. The text relates discourse analysis and pragmatics to the study of speech pathology and the practice of speech therapy. A practical book, it offers guidance to thos working with the language handicapped and includes ideas tested in clinical settings. Case studies and examples are used throughout. This book should be a valuable source of information for undergraduate and graduate students of speech pathology, clinicians and researchers, special needs teachers and psychologists and anyone with an interest in communicative ability/disability. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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Explores the emerging theory of pragmatics, which sees language as a process of learning about whole concepts rather than learning about rules. The text considers the implications of pragmatics theory and research for language therapy, and how pragmatic therapy methods in turn influence theorizing. ... Read more

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Test Book 2 covers Syntactic tests: knowledge and use of grammar (morphology and syntax). Tests include: Syntax Construction, Paragraph Comprehension, Grammatical Morphemes, Sentence Comprehension, and Grammaticality Judgement. Measure language skills thoroughly. Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL) is an individually and orally administered, research-based, theory-driven oral language assessment battery for ages 3 through 21. Fifteen tests measure language processing skills - comprehension, expression, and retrieval - in four language structure categories: Lexical/Semantic, Syntactic, Supralinguistic, and Pragmatic. No reading or writing required. Only a verbal or nonverbal (pointing) response is required. Reading or writing ability is not needed to respond to test items. The CASL battery is ideal for measuring delayed language, oral language disorders, dyslexia, and aphasia. ... Read more