Bodies and language health, ailments, disabilities

Introduction : why bodies matter -- On metaprescriptive utterances : cancer, breasts and gazes -- Scripting selves : (auto)biographical writing of Alzheimer patients and caregivers -- Poststructuralist discourses and chronic ailments : (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy and body breakdowns -- Communication...

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1. Verfasser: Ramanathan, Vaidehi (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Bristol u.a. Multilingual Matters c2010
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : why bodies matter -- On metaprescriptive utterances : cancer, breasts and gazes -- Scripting selves : (auto)biographical writing of Alzheimer patients and caregivers -- Poststructuralist discourses and chronic ailments : (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy and body breakdowns -- Communication challenges : autism, partial hearing and parental choices -- Texts and meaning-making : critical revisitations in ailment/disability-related research -- Critical ailment research in applied sociolinguistics : power, perception and social change.
Introduction : why bodies matter -- On metaprescriptive utterances : cancer, breasts, and gazes -- Scripting selves : (auto) bio-graphical writing of Alzheimer patients and caregivers -- Poststructuralist discourses and chronic ailments : diabetes, epilepsy, and body breakdowns -- Communication challenges : autism, partial hearing, and parental choices -- Texts and meaning-making : critical revisitations in disability-related research -- Critical ailment research in applied socio-linguistics : power, perception, and social change
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:IX, 136 S.
ISBN:9781847692368
978-1-84769-236-8
9781847692351
978-1-84769-235-1