Discourses of Deficit / edited by C. Candlin, J. Crichton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Candlin, Christopher.

Crichton, Jonathan.

Series:

Communicating in Professions and Organizations, 2947-8138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in organizations.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Linguistics.

Sociolinguistics.

Semiotics.

Linguistics--Methodology.

Corporate Communication.

Language Teaching and Learning.

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.

Local Subjects:

Corporate Communication.

Language Teaching and Learning.

Linguistics.

Sociolinguistics.

Semiotics.

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Key practitioners and researchers explore how people routinely and at particular sites are discursively constructed as deficient in ways that may affect their life chances. The book offers examples of how adopting multiple perspectives on research can provide a rich explanatory analysis of the construct of 'deficit' in a range of domains.

Contents:

pt. 1. Characterisation in the context of law

pt. 2. Responsibility in the context of social work

pt. 3. Identity in the context of health care

pt. 4. Relationships in the context of management

pt. 5. Capacity in the context of communication disorder

p. 6. Recognition in the context of educational diversity

pt. 7. Agency in the context of marketing

pt. 8. Membership in the context of institutional appraisal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612999246

9781282999244

1282999249

9780230299023

0230299024

OCLC:

696332239