Introducing Pragmatics: A Clinical Approach

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This innovative, comprehensive course textbook uses a clinical approach to explore pragmatics and pragmatic language skills. Drawing on authentic, real-life examples of pragmatic breakdown in children and adults who have developmental or acquired language disorders, Louise Cummings expertly guides readers to core insights and principles for understanding where context and meaning in human communication meet. Key features include: Chapter-opening learning objectives and chapter-closing summariesAuthentic illustrative cases of atypical pragmatic interactionExercises for checking knowledge and understandingAnnotated recommended further readingA detailed glossary of important terms in pragmatics and clinical linguistics Aimed equally at undergraduate and graduate students who are coming to pragmatics for the first time, the text discusses the key issues and concepts of this field in a fascinating new way. With a common, easy-to-follow structure across chapters and a wealth of pedagogical resources, this is an essential text for students of linguistics and applied linguistics, communication studies, speech-language pathology, psychology and cognitive science, and beyond. Cover Endorsement Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1.1 Language Breakdown as a Route Into Pragmatics 1.2 Pragmatics in Everyday Communication 1.3 Pragmatic Language Disorders 1.4 Pragmatic Disorders Illustrated 1 Speech Acts 1.1 Introduction 1.2 How to Realize a Speech Act 1.3 A New Approach to Meaning 1.4 Happy and Unhappy Performatives 1.5 Explicit and Implicit Performatives 1.6 Saying and Doing 1.7 Searle On Speech Acts 1.8 Indirect Speech Acts Suggestions for Further Reading Questions 2 Implicatures 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Grice and the Cooperative Principle 2.3 The Cooperative Principle and Implicature 2.4 Types of Implicature 2.5 Properties of Implicatures 2.6 Relevance Theory Suggestions for Further Reading Questions 3 Presuppositions 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Economic Rationale for Presupposition 3.3 Presupposition Triggers Iteratives Factive Verbs Comparatives Change-of-state Verbs Implicative Verbs Temporal Clauses 3.4 Properties of Presuppositions 3.5 Presuppositions in the Real World Suggestions for Further Reading Questions Note 4 Deixis 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Person and Social Deixis 4.3 Place Deixis 4.4 Time Deixis 4.5 Discourse Deixis 4.6 Anaphora Suggestions for Further Reading Questions Note 5 Figurative Language 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Idioms 5.3 Metaphors 5.4 Irony 5.5 Hyperbole 5.6 Proverbs Suggestions for Further Reading Questions 6 Politeness 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Brown and Levinson On Politeness 6.3 Politeness and Face in Clinical Settings 6.4 Criticisms of Brown and Levinson Suggestions for Further Reading Questions 7 Topic Management 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Topic Management in Clinical Settings 7.2.1 Topic Selection 7.2.2 Topic Introduction 7.2.3 Topic Development 7.2.4 Topic Termination 7.3 Analysing Topic Management in Conversation 7.4 Analysing Topic Management in Narration Suggestions for Further Reading Questions 8 Clinical Pragmatics 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Communication Cycle 8.3 Cognition and the Communication Cycle 8.4 Theory of Mind 8.5 Executive Functions Suggestions for Further Reading Questions Answers Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Glossary Bibliography Appendix Sam and Fred Story Index