Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics (Routledge Advances in Functional Linguistics) - Softcover

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Elissa Asp is Professor of English and Linguistics at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Ongoing research addresses: (a) discourse correlates of dementias – especially neurodegenerative diseases associated with ageing; (b) magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies of neurocognitive networks supporting language production; and (c) the theoretical implications of (a) and (b) for models of language.

Michelle Aldridge is a Reader in the Centre for Language and Communication Research (ENCAP) at Cardiff University. Her research focus is the linguistic experiences of vulnerable people (children, rape victims and people with a disability) within the legal and/or educational setting. Her data are typically analysed within a Cognitive Linguistics framework.