Linguistics and Aphasia

Psycholinguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Intervention

Ruth Lesser, Lesley Milroy (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

396 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-45764-5 (ISBN)

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Part of the "Language in Social Life" series, this text examines linguistics and aphasia and the psycholinguistic and pragmatic aspects of intervention. Amongst areas covered are the clinical background to aphasia, functional communication strategies and control processes in sentence production.

Linguistics and Aphasia is a major study of recent developments in applying psycholinguistics and pragmatics to the study of acquired language disorders (aphasia) and their remediation. Psycholinguistic analyses of aphasia interpret disorders in terms of damaged modules and processes within what was once a normal language system. These analyses have progressed to the point that they now routinely provide a model-based rationalefor planning patient therapy. Through a series of case studies, the authors show how the psycholinguistic analysis of aphasia can be assessed for its effectiveness in clinical practice.Pragmatic approaches to the study of aphasia are of more recent origin. Ruth Lesser and Lesley Milroy evaluate their considerable significance to the study of aphasia and their relevance to practical issues of diagnosis and treatment. Controversial analysis, in particular, offers a fruitful and productive framework within which to assess the functional adequacy of the language used by aphasic speakers in everyday contexts.

Ruth Lesser is Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University. Lesley Milroy is Visiting Professor at University of York and Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan.

General Editor's Preface

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Part I: Background

1. Introduction

2. Aphasia - the clinical background

Part II: Models and Methods

3. Applying linguistics in aphasia research and therapy

4. Psycholinguistic models, lexical processing

5. Psycholinguistic models, sentence processing

6. Pragmatics, theoretical issues

7. Coherence in discourse

8. The structure of conversation

9. Conversation as a collaborative achievement: some conversational management procedures

Part III: Implications and Applications

10. Applying psycholinguistics to intervention: some preliminary considerations

11. Applying psycholinguistics to intervention: some clinical studies

12. Applying pragmatics in intervention

13. Contrast and complement: some concluding remarks

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Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Language In Social Life
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	1-138-45764-7 / 1138457647
ISBN-13	978-1-138-45764-5 / 9781138457645
Zustand	Neuware