Pragmatics in the Health Sciences

List of contents

1. Why pragmatics in health sciences?; 2. Pragmatic development; 3. Pragmatics across the lifespan; 4. Pragmatics in the clinic; 5. Pragmatics in the health practice; Conclusions; References.

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.

Foreword

Interdisciplinary exploration of pragmatics in health sciences, spanning childhood development, clinical populations, mental health, etc.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Garraffa, Maria (University of East Anglia and Uni Garraffa, Garraffa Maria, Greta Mazzaggio
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009496001
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949600-1
• No. of pages: 88
• Series: Elements in Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Sociolinguistics, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Communication Studies, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Health systems & services, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Health systems and services, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc