Clinical Pragmatics

Clinical pragmatics is a sub-field of clinical linguistics. it studies the different situations in whichcommunication can be impaired or funpctions inefficiently. it also focuses on the various reasons that might cause this communication impairment. the present paper is a theoretical survey that tries to shed some light on what exactly clinical pragmatics is and what is its scope. it presents the current status of the field within clinical linguistics in general. more specifically, the present paper tries to answer the following question: what are the basic tenets of clinical pragmatic ؟ in this regard and in order to achieve the aim of the present paper, a theoretical survey has beenmade to clearly illustrate the basic concepts of the field under scrutiny. the paper has concludedthat the field of clinical pragmatic is a troubled one because of the lack of accordance betweenpragmaticians and clinicians on which pragmatic concepts ought to be considered . keywords: clinical pragmatics, pragmatic disability, primary pragmatic disability, secondary disability, complex problems, origin, key concepts, social cognition .