Disability and anticipatory discourse: The interconnectedness of local and global aspects of talk

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-112

  Al Zidjaly, Najma ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Agency; Anticipatory discourse; Disability; Hypothetical future oriented narratives; Local and global aspects of talk; Social change

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATORY DISCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DISABILITY; FUTURE ORIENTED NARRATIVE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; NARRATIVE; OMAN; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 33751507897     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CAM.2006.013     Document Type: Article

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