Listening for meaning in context -- The kinds of meanings to be heard -- Meaning oddly: how a speaker can sound strange -- Communication disorders -- Pervasive developmental disorders -- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Personality disorders -- The partnership of language and psychiatry
Summary
"This book is designed to enable clinicians and clinicians in training to become sensitive to a range of language phenomena that are important for the diagnosis, treatment and research of psychiatric disorders. The introductory chapters assume no prior knowledge of linguistics and cultural issues to syntax and intonation. The volume is supplemented with appendices that link the diagnostic criteria to the language features that are heard. Over 50 tables and diagrams provide summary information linking psychiatric categories, language features and language examples."--BOOK JACKET
