Handbook of Pragmatic Language Disorders: Complex and Underserved Populations
Louise Cummings
Sep 2021 · Springer Nature
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732
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About this ebook
This reference work is the first to examine pragmatic language disorders of clients in complex and underserved populations. In chapters written by a range of experts, the unique pragmatic language skills of clients are examined, allowing for a broad overview. The text gives focus to client groups with complex cognitive and psychiatric problems and children and adults that have been underserved by clinical language services because of maltreatment and social exclusion. Pragmatic disorders are examined in children with sensory loss, children who have been exposed to HIV and substance abuse, and adults with Huntington's disease and other complex neurodegenerative pathologies. This Handbook is an essential reference for researchers and clinicians in speech-language pathology, linguistics, psychology, and education.
About the author
Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English and Communication and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Humanities at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She teaches and conducts research in pragmatics, clinical linguistics and public health. Publications in these areas include Language and Dementia (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Fallacies in Medicine and Health (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), Reasoning and Public Health (Springer, 2015), and Pragmatic Disorders (Springer, 2014).
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