Language Incompetence: Learning to Communicate through Cancer, Disability, and Anomalous Embodiment

by Suresh Canagarajah and A. Suresh Canagarajah

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This book is framed as a memoir of the author's journey through a cancer diagnosis and resulting impairments, as he continued his teaching and research activities during and after medical procedures. The narrative weaves together theoretical debates, textual analyses, and ethnographic data from communicative practices to redefine language competence.

The book demonstrates:

the generative and resistant value of human vulnerability the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:103207891X

ISBN13:9781032078915

Release Date:May 2022

Publisher:Routledge

Length:220 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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