Elissa D Asp, Jessica de de Villiers

When Language Breaks Down

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents new models for describing and analysing language in degenerative (Alzheimer's) and developmental (autism spectrum) disorders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780521889780
• ISBN-10: 0521889782
• Artikelnr.: 28111047

Autorenporträt

Elissa D. Asp is Associate Professor of English Linguistics in the English Department and Linguistics Coordinator of the Linguistics Program at Saint Mary's University. She is also Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Introduction to clinical discourse analysis
2. Theoretical and clinical contexts
3. Conversation analysis and intonation in English
4. Grammar
5. Contexts of culture, context of situation and phase
6. Study design
7. Differential diagnosis and monitoring
8. Cognitive models, inferencing, and affect
9. Modelling information across domains
Closings remarks.