The contributions in this volume bring together applications of pragmatics in speech and language pathology, as well as discussions of the applicability of different theoretical strands of the study of human linguistic interaction and its cognitive bases to the field of communication disorders.

1. List of Contributors; 2. Pragmatics in Speech and Language Pathology: Clinical Pragmatics (by Muller, Nicole); 3. The Scope of Pragmatic Disability: A Cognitive Approach (by Perkins, Michael R.); 4. What Do You Have in Mind?: Beliefs Knowledge and Pragmatic Impairment (by Wilson, John); 5. Maximising Communication Effectiveness (by Ferguson, Alison); 6. Problems of Pragmatic Profiling (by Ball, Martin J.); 7. Clinical Pragmatics and Assessment of Adult Language Disorders: Process and Product (by Penn, Claire); 8. Applying the Principles of Conversational Analysis in the Assessment and Treatment of a Child with Pragmatic Difficulties (by Willcox, Amanda); 9. The Pragmatics of Paediatric Language Intervention: Issues and Analysis (by Camarata, Stephen); 10. Name Index; 11. Subject Index