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SUMMARY:Clinical Pragmatics and the Cognitive Sciences
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DESCRIPTION:<p>CALL FOR CHAPTERS</p>\n<p>CLINICAL PRAGMATICS AND THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES<br> Language\, Mind\, and Communication Across the Lifespan</p>\n<p>Edited by Paola Pennisi<br> University of Messina\, Italy</p>\n<p>Proposed for the Springer series<br> Perspectives in Pragmatics\, Philosophy &amp\; Psychology</p>\n<p>────────────────────────────────────────</p>\n<p>ABOUT THE VOLUME</p>\n<p>Clinical pragmatics offers a privileged perspective on the relationships between language\, meaning\, cognition\, and social interaction.</p>\n<p>This edited volume will bring together clinical\, linguistic\, philosophical\, psychological\, neuropsychological\, and cognitive-scientific approaches to pragmatic communication across the lifespan.</p>\n<p>We particularly welcome contributions that begin with the description or analysis of clinical and atypical pragmatic-linguistic profiles and use this evidence to develop\, refine\, or challenge broader theories of language\, meaning\, cognition\, and interaction.</p>\n<p>There are no submission or publication fees for contributors.</p>\n<p>────────────────────────────────────────</p>\n<p>TOPICS MAY INCLUDE</p>\n<p>&bull\; Autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions<br> &bull\; Social and pragmatic communication disorders<br> &bull\; Developmental language disorder and intellectual disability<br> &bull\; Genetic and rare syndromes<br> &bull\; Schizophrenia\, psychosis\, and psychiatric conditions<br> &bull\; Aphasia and right-hemisphere communication disorders<br> &bull\; Traumatic brain injury<br> &bull\; Parkinson&rsquo\;s disease\, dementia\, and other neurodegenerative conditions<br> &bull\; Hearing loss\, visual impairment\, and multimodal communication<br> &bull\; Pragmatic development and pragmatic changes across the lifespan<br> &bull\; Theory of mind\, mentalizing\, and social cognition<br> &bull\; Executive functions\, memory\, attention\, emotion\, and cognitive flexibility<br> &bull\; Pragmatic inference\, implicature\, presupposition\, and speech acts<br> &bull\; Metaphor\, irony\, humour\, sarcasm\, and indirect language<br> &bull\; Narrative\, discourse\, conversation\, prosody\, gesture\, and gaze<br> &bull\; Embodied\, enactive\, phenomenological\, ecological\, and interactional approaches<br> &bull\; Pragmatic assessment\, diagnosis\, intervention\, and rehabilitation<br> &bull\; Cross-linguistic\, cross-cultural\, and multilingual perspectives<br> &bull\; Digital technologies\, computational methods\, and artificial intelligence</p>\n<p>Related proposals are also welcome.</p>\n<p>────────────────────────────────────────</p>\n<p>TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS</p>\n<p>The volume welcomes:</p>\n<p>&bull\; Experimental and observational studies<br> &bull\; Descriptions of pragmatic-linguistic profiles<br> &bull\; Qualitative\, quantitative\, and mixed-method studies<br> &bull\; Conversation\, discourse\, narrative\, and multimodal analyses<br> &bull\; Clinical case studies and case series<br> &bull\; Comparative and transdiagnostic studies<br> &bull\; Assessment and intervention studies<br> &bull\; Methodological contributions<br> &bull\; Theoretical and philosophical papers<br> &bull\; Systematic\, scoping\, and narrative reviews<br> &bull\; Meta-analyses and interdisciplinary position papers</p>\n<p>Contributions may address any age group\, from early childhood to older adulthood.</p>\n<p>────────────────────────────────────────</p>\n<p>SUBMISSION</p>\n<p>Please submit:</p>\n<p>&bull\; A provisional title<br> &bull\; An abstract of approximately 300&ndash\;500 words<br> &bull\; Five keywords<br> &bull\; Authors&rsquo\; names\, affiliations\, and contact details<br> &bull\; A short biographical note<br> &bull\; The proposed type of contribution</p>\n<p>Abstracts should be sent to:</p>\n<p>Paola Pennisi<br> University of Messina<br>paola.pennisi@unime.it</p>\n<p>────────────────────────────────────────</p>\n<p>IMPORTANT DATES</p>\n<p>Abstract submission: 31 January 2027<br> Notification of acceptance: 14 February 2027<br> Full chapter submission: 7 January 2028<br> Peer-review reports: 28 February 2028<br> Final manuscript submission to Springer: June 2028</p>\n<p>────────────────────────────────────────</p>\n<p>All chapters will undergo scholarly peer review. Acceptance of an abstract does not automatically guarantee publication of the final chapter.</p>\n<p>Prospective contributors are welcome to circulate this call among interested colleagues.</p>
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