Description
| Product ID: | 9781032011806 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Introducing Pragmatics |
| Subtitle: | A Clinical Approach |
| Authors: | Author: Louise Cummings |
| Page Count: | 222 |
| Subjects: | Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This innovative, comprehensive course textbook uses a clinical approach to explore pragmatics and pragmatic language skills. 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:
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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-23 |
