Frontmatter; Contents; 1. The concept of communicative competence; 2. Language and neurophysiological development; 3. Cognitive foundations; 4. First utterances; 5. Discourse acquisition; 6. Literacy acquisition and its precursors; 7. Sign language acquisition; 8. Speaking and listening; 9. Writing and reading; 10. Nonverbal communicative competence; 11. Media competence; 12. Communication training; 13. Coping with the needs of presentation; 14. Training of writing and reading; 15. Developmental dyslexia: A developmental neurolinguistic approach; 16. Language disorders
Summary
In our everyday life, communicative processes are relevant in almost all situations. It is important to know whether you should say something which is adequate in the situation or whether it is better to say nothing at all. 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. We focus our contributions on linguistic aspects of communication. In
