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Social Setting, Stigma, and Communicative Competence : Explorations of the conversational interactions of retarded adults.
Mentally retarded individuals have been studied almost exclusively as clinical entities, not as persons immersed in the stream of social life. This has led not only to a lack of appreciation for the complexity of their lives and concerns, but also to an underestimation and incomplete understanding o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1985.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
VI:6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mentally retarded individuals have been studied almost exclusively as clinical entities, not as persons immersed in the stream of social life. This has led not only to a lack of appreciation for the complexity of their lives and concerns, but also to an underestimation and incomplete understanding of their intellectual and linguistic skills. By exploring aspects of the ongoing linguistic and social lives of retarded individuals in various community contexts, this volume contributes to a growing body of literature which attempts to fill in this inadequate picture. In addition, the studies in th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (143 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124). |
| ISBN: | 9789027279583 9027279586 1283359146 9781283359146 9786613359148 6613359149 |
| ISSN: | 0166-6258 ; |