Pragmatics in the health sciences / Maria Garraffa, Greta Mazzaggio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garraffa, Maria, author.

Mazzaggio, Greta, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in pragmatics, 2633-6464.

Cambridge elements. Elements in pragmatics, 2633-6464

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Medical sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This Element aims to address a gap in the literature at the intersection of linguistics, particularly pragmatics, and health sciences, such as speech and language pathology. The first section introduces the application of pragmatics concepts in healthcare and neuroscience. Section 2 discusses the development of pragmatic abilities in childhood, focusing on pragmatic communication disorder. Section 3 reviews studies on pragmatic abilities in adolescents, adults, and clinical populations, including assessments of pragmatic skills in ageing. Section 4 broadens the scope by exploring pragmatic impairments in new populations. The final section reflects on the importance of pragmatics in healthcare practice, introducing studies on mental health and intercultural pragmatics. Each section proposes discussion points to contextualise the research within debates on health pragmatics. The Element also includes a glossary (available as online supplementary material) to assist interdisciplinary audiences in understanding clinical pragmatics terminology.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Pragmatics in the Health Sciences

Contents

1 Why Pragmatics in Health Sciences

1.1 What Is Clinical Pragmatics

1.2 The Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder: Language or Cognition?

1.3 Evidence for a Pragmatic Brain

1.4 Experimental Pragmatics: Testing Our Mutual Understanding

1.5 The Structure of the Element

2 Pragmatic Development

2.1 First Steps in Pragmatic Development: Early Years

2.2 Pragmatic Development during School Years

2.3 Assessments of Pragmatic Abilities in Children

2.4 Pragmatic Language Abilities in the Adolescent Brain

2.5 Pragmatics in Multilingual Communities

3 Pragmatics across the Lifespan

3.1 Pragmatics in Healthy Ageing: Cognitive Ability and Social Use of Language

3.2 The Role of Pragmatics in the Diagnosis of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairments

3.3 Neurological Events and the Impact on Pragmatic Abilities

3.4 Abusive Language: The Power of Swearing

4 Pragmatics in the Clinic

4.1 Pragmatic Abilities in the Atypical Continuum: The Case of Autism Spectrum Disorder

4.2 Pragmatic Language Impairment in ADHD

4.3 Communication Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis: Cognitive and Social Cognition

4.4 Pragmatic Language in People with Addiction

5 Pragmatics in the Healthcare Practice

5.1 Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis during Clinical Interactions

5.2 The Use of Metaphors in Health Communication

5.3 Pragmatics-AI for Mental Healthcare

5.4 Intercultural Pragmatics and the Problem of Health Inequalities

Conclusions

References

Acknowledgements

Author Statement.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-009-49603-4

1-009-49604-2

1-009-49601-8

OCLC:

1473973580