Perkins, Michael R., 1949-

Pragmatic impairment / Michael Perkins. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2007. - xii, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures; List of table; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. Pragmatic theory and pragmatic impairment; 3. Pragmatics and modularity: components, dissociations and associations; 4. Pragmatic ability and disability: an emergentist model; 5. Cognition and pragmatics; 6. Language and pragmatics; 7. Sensorimotor systems and pragmatics; 8. Compensatory adaptation; 9. Conclusions; Appendix; References; Index.

9780521790703 (hbk.) 0521790700 (hbk.)

2008295180

GBA763840 bnb

013817859 Uk


Pragmatics.
Speech disorders.

RC423 / .P428 2007

616.855 PER