Disability, Discourse and Technology: Agency and Inclusion in (Inter)Action

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.

Author: Najma Al Zidjaly
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/27/2015
Pages: 221
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781137519566

About the Author

Najma Al Zidjaly is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of English Language and Literature at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. She is the editor of Building Bridges: Integrating Language, Linguistics, Literature and Translation in English Studies (2012), and is on the Editorial Board of Multimodal Communication.