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Linguistics, Pragmatics and Psychotherapy
Elaine Chaika
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Description for Linguistics, Pragmatics and Psychotherapy
Paperback. Intended for speech and language therapists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and other mental health workers, this text provides a practical guide to semantics, syntax and discourse analysis specifically for those working with psychotic patients. Series: Exc Business and Economy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CB; CFK; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
This book discusses current theories in linguistics and sociolinguistics as they relate to therapeutic situations, including uses of metaphor, slogans, and proverbs. It shows how people's empathies or feeling of alienation are displayed by the language they choose to describe or discuss events. Dysfunctions as different as depression, drug and alcohol additions, agoraphobia, schizophrenia and bulimia are examined in terms of the language used by clients or patients. It is shown that the way people encode life events influences their self-evaluations, evaluations of others, and their general behaviour, so that therapy becomes a process of learning to retell one's life ... Read more
This book discusses current theories in linguistics and sociolinguistics as they relate to therapeutic situations, including uses of metaphor, slogans, and proverbs. It shows how people's empathies or feeling of alienation are displayed by the language they choose to describe or discuss events. Dysfunctions as different as depression, drug and alcohol additions, agoraphobia, schizophrenia and bulimia are examined in terms of the language used by clients or patients. It is shown that the way people encode life events influences their self-evaluations, evaluations of others, and their general behaviour, so that therapy becomes a process of learning to retell one's life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Exc Business and Economy
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781861560254
SKU
V9781861560254
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About Elaine Chaika
Elaine Chaika is the author of Linguistics, Pragmatics and Psychotherapy: A Guide for Therapists, published by Wiley.
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