Pragmatic Impairment as an Emergent Phenomenon

The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-91

  Perkins, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasic agrammatism and specific language impairment (SLI) direct consequence of damage to grammar 'module'; Emergentist model implications for mainstream pragmatics and pragmatic theory; Emergentist model of pragmatic ability and disability; Inability to 'read' others' minds an impaired 'theory of mind' (ToM); Linguistic decoding ability significant role in pragmatic processing; Pragmatic impairment as emergent phenomenon; Semiotic, cognitive and sensorimotor elements of pragmatics

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EID: 84880262858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301007.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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