Children's Pragmatic Communication Difficulties [Paperback]

Eeva Leinonen (Author), Carolyn Letts (Author), Benita Rae Smith (Author)

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Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (Jan 1 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1861561571
ISBN-13: 978-1861561572
Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.5 x 1.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 358 g

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Communication problems in children that are best described as pragmatic in nature have been a focus of attention for some years. However, despite this, speech and language therapists, teachers and researchers still have some difficulty describing, defining and explaining such problems. This book gives an up to date synthesis of work in the field of childhood pragmatic problems and provides both an introduction and more detailed consideration of this complex area.

Aspects covered include conversational analysis, speech and communicative acts, reference, narrative, pragmatic comprehension and relevance. Each chapter contains exercises with discussion, notes on normal development and illustrative clinical data from children, as well as recent research in the area.

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(Whurr Publishers) Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK. Gives a current synthesis of work in the field an provides and introduction and detailed discussion of this area. Covers conversational analysis, speech and communicative acts, reference, narrative, pragmatic comprehension, and relevance. For clinicians, students, and researchers. Softcover.

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This is Sarah (S) (aged 10;2) who is conversing with two adults (a research assistant 'A' and one of the authors 'B') while looking at photographs of A's horse. Read the first page

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