Handbook of Communication Competence

In our everyday life, communicative processes are relevant in almost all situations. It is important to know when you must say something which is adequate in the situation or when it is better to say nothing. Communicative competence is fundamental for a successful life in our society as it is of great importance for all areas of life. Therefore, it is not surprising that communicative competence is the subject of many theoretical and empirical approaches and, in consequence, research on this topic is diverse. The contributions to this handbook focuson linguistic aspects of communication. In the centre of interest are linguistic oriented performances of different forms of communicative competence, language acquisition and language disorders.

HAL 1 -Handbook of Individual Communication Competence Table of Contents; I. FOUNDATIONS; 1. The Concept of Communicative Competence Gert Rickheit/ Hans Strohner Constanze Vorwerg; II. ACQUISITION; 2. Language and Neurophysiological Development Ralph-Axel Mueller, Erica Palmer; 3. Cognitive Foundations Katharina J. Rohlfing; 4. First Utterances Holly L. Storkel; 5. Discourse Acquisition Clair Pond, Michael Siegal; 6. Literacy Acquisition and Its Precursors Pekka Niemi; 7. Sign Language Acquisition Vivian Raithel; III. ADULT COMPETENCE; 8. Speaking and Listening Thomas Holtgraves; 9. Writing and Reading Elke Prestin; 10. Nonverbal Communication Competence Nancy M. Puccinelli; 11. Media Competence Daniel Perrin, Maureen Ehrensberger; IV. COMPETENCE TRAINING; 12. Communication Training Annette Lepschy; 13. Coping with the Needs of Presentation Mike Allen, Nancy Burrell, John Bourhis; 14. Training of Writing and Reading Eva-Maria Jakobs, Daniel Perrin; V. LANGUAGE THERAPY; 15. Developmental dyslexia: A Developmental Neurolinguistic Approach Virginia W. Berninger, William Nagy, Todd Richards, Wendy Raskind; 16. Language disorders Martina Hielscher-Fastabend; 17. The Nature and Treatment of Stuttering Ashley Craig.