Language and Long Covid

The Linguistic Legacy of the Pandemic

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a large burden of chronic illness. Known as Long COVID, this new health condition has impacted employment, social relationships and psychological well-being in millions of people around the world. This timely and engaging volume is the first book to examine language and communication difficulties in adults with Long COVID. Drawing on experimental investigations, surveys, case studies and testimonies of people with Long COVID, it explores the nature and extent of communication disability in adults with Long COVID and how it impacts their daily functioning. It underlines that communication is a fundamental human right and that employers should make adjustments that can facilitate a return to employment, encouraging the wider participation of people with Long COVID. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics or language disorders, this book is essential reading for Long COVID patients and their caregivers, as well as medical and healthcare professionals. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-12-31
Vikt250 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor206
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009760003

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Louise Cummings is Visiting Professor at York St John University, UK and a professor in the Department of English at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She has authored and edited twenty-seven books on pragmatics, clinical linguistics, speech-language pathology and public health communication. She is the Editor of Cambridge Elements in Health Communication and Routledge Research in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health & Care Professions Council in the UK.

Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; 1. COVID-19: a new illness with implications for language; 2. 'But you look so well' … language as an unseen problem in long COVID; 3. Validating the lived experience of people with long COVID; 4. Language difficulties in long COVID: a global phenomenon; 5. The impact of long COVID; 6. 'If we cannot be cured, we must at least be helped'; Appendix A. Test materials and survey administration; Appendix B. Analysis of survey data; Appendix C. Research questions and statistical tests; Appendix D. Resource glossary.