title: Pragmatic ability and disability as emergent phenomena.
abstract: 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 underlying factors which contribute to such behaviour. Rather than being seen as resulting directly from a dysfunction in some kind of discrete pragmatic "module" or behavioural mechanism, pragmatic impairment and also normal pragmatic functioning are instead viewed as the emergent consequence of interactions between linguistic, cognitive and sensorimotor processes which take place both within and between individuals.
authors: Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. m.perkins@sheffield.ac.uk
authors: Michael R
authors: MR
authors: Perkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D014705:Verbal Behavior