Disability, Discourse and Technology [electronic resource] : Agency and Inclusion in (Inter)action /
Al Zidjaly, Najma.author.
Exclusion is the main predicament faced by people with disabilities across contexts and cultures, yet it is one of the least academically studied concepts. This book offers an applied linguistics perspective on critical and timely issues in disability research, filling in a number of gaps in discourse analysis and disability studies.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Inclusion in (inter)action -- 2. Methodology and research background -- 3. Inclusion through Microsoft Powerpoint -- 4. Inclusion through hypothetical narratives -- 5. Inclusion through discourse -- 6. Inclusion through Yahoo chatrooms -- 7. Agency redefined.
Exclusion is the main predicament faced by people with disabilities across contexts and cultures, yet it is one of the least academically studied concepts. This book offers an applied linguistics perspective on critical and timely issues in disability research, filling in a number of gaps in discourse analysis and disability studies.
Social policy.
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Communication.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social Policy.
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics, general.
Discourse Analysis.
Communication Studies.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.