Language disorders in children and adults [[electronic resource] ] : psycholinguistic approaches to therapy / / edited by Shula Chiat, James Law and James Marshall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144673803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Whurr Publishers, 2005, c1997
• ISBN: 1-282-34255-X; 9786612342554; 0-470-69915-9; 0-470-69857-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Collana: Whurr Publishers' books on communication disorders
• Altri autori (Persone): ChiatShula; LawJames Christopher <1956-2021.>; MarshallJane
• Disciplina: 371.914246; 616.855
• Soggetti: Communicative disorders - Treatment; Language disorders - Treatment; Speech therapy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Language Disorders in Children and Adults; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; General Introduction Making new connections: in whose interests?; Part 1: Phonological processing; Chapter 1.1 Introduction; Chapter 1.2 Christopher Lumpship: developing phonological representations in a child with an auditory processing deficit; Chapter 1.3 Remediating auditory processing deficits in adults with aphasia; Chapter 1.4 Afterword; Part 2: Lexical processing; Chapter 2.1 Introduction; Chapter 2.2 When is a rolling pin a 'roll the pen': a clinical insight into lexical problems; Chapter 2.3 A treatment for anomia combining semantics, phonology and orthographyChapter 2.4 Afterword; Part 3: Sentence processing; Chapter 3.1 Introduction; Chapter 3.2 Colourful semantics: thematic role therapy; Chapter 3.3 Mapping therapy with a fluent dysphasic?; Chapter 3.4 Afterword; Part 4: Pragmatics: a breakdown in contextual ; meaning; Chapter 4.1 Introduction; Chapter 4.2 A case study of a child with pragmatic difficulties: assessment and intervention; Chapter 4.3 The treatment of communication deficits following right hemisphere lesion; Chapter 4.4 Afterword; Part 5: Postscript; Chapter 5.1 Making new connections: are patterns emerging?Chapter 5.2 Psycholinguistic applications to language therapy; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Each chapter is written by a speech and language therapist specialising in psycholinguistic approaches to investigation and intervention. Authors were invited to present a single case in one of four given areas ??? speech processing, lexical processing, sentence processing and pragmatics. The editors have provided introductions to each subject area and a discussion of the findings at the end of each section.