Bodies and language health, ailments, disabilities / Vaidehi Ramanathan.
| Author/creator | Ramanathan, Vaidehi, 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, |
| Description | ix, 136 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-134) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009033793 |
| ISBN | 9781847692368 (hbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781847692351 (pbk : alk. paper) |