Using language appropriately and effectively in social contexts requires pragmatic language
competencies (PLCs). Increasingly, deficits in PLCs are linked to child and adolescent …

The basic idea behind this work is that communication is essentially a cooperative activity
between two or more people in which the meanings of each transaction are constructed by …

It is not uncommon to search for a particular type of book, only to discover that you will have
to write it yourself. The idea of this book emanates from a conversation with a representative …

Social communication or pragmatic impairments are characterized and illustrated as
involving inappropriate or ineffective use of language and gesture in social contexts. Three …

The aim of the present study was to examine the communicative abilities of traumatic brain
injury patients (TBI). We wish to provide a complete assessment of their communicative …

Background. Pragmatic communication abilities may depend on intact frontal lobe systems.
Independent evidence suggests that some persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) are …

The aim of the paper is to present a new clinical instrument for the assessment of
communicative abilities in patients with neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders, due to …

Introduction: Closed head injury is associated with impairment in a range of executive skills,
and with everyday difficulties in social interactions. Comprehension of pragmatic language …

A holistic approach to pragmatic ability and disability is outlined which takes account both of
the behaviour of individuals involved in the communicative process, and also of the …

Purpose: Verbal and nonverbal conversational behaviors often are the target of intervention
for adolescents with social communication disorders. There are, however, few sources of …