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Narrative storying and the language games of power, privilege, race, gender, and identity
  • Summer West
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Abstract Language Games
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© 2025 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Foreword V
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Contents IX
  5. Acronyms and abbreviations
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Chapter 1 Neurodivergence and abstract language 16
  8. Chapter 2 Language games, abstract nouns, and metadiscourse 36
  9. Chapter 3 Power and privilege 61
  10. Chapter 4 Race and gender 82
  11. Chapter 5 Identity indefinable 101
  12. Chapter 6 Autistic narratives and appraisals of abstraction 119
  13. Chapter 7 Non-neurotypical narratives and appraisals 143
  14. Chapter 8 Discernably thematic and transparently limited 175
  15. Chapter 9 Abstracting the writer and the corpus 198
  16. Chapter 10 Moving forward in community 224
  17. Appendix 1: Sam’s writing response 253
  18. Appendix 2: K.esseff’s writing response 254
  19. Appendix 3: Henry G’s writing response 255
  20. Appendix 4: Illogan’s writing response 256
  21. Appendix 5: Jen’s writing response 259
  22. Appendix 6: Nils’s writing response 263
  23. References
  24. Index of terms 289
  25. Index of people 291
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111478241-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Foreword V
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Contents IX
  5. Acronyms and abbreviations
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Chapter 1 Neurodivergence and abstract language 16
  8. Chapter 2 Language games, abstract nouns, and metadiscourse 36
  9. Chapter 3 Power and privilege 61
  10. Chapter 4 Race and gender 82
  11. Chapter 5 Identity indefinable 101
  12. Chapter 6 Autistic narratives and appraisals of abstraction 119
  13. Chapter 7 Non-neurotypical narratives and appraisals 143
  14. Chapter 8 Discernably thematic and transparently limited 175
  15. Chapter 9 Abstracting the writer and the corpus 198
  16. Chapter 10 Moving forward in community 224
  17. Appendix 1: Sam’s writing response 253
  18. Appendix 2: K.esseff’s writing response 254
  19. Appendix 3: Henry G’s writing response 255
  20. Appendix 4: Illogan’s writing response 256
  21. Appendix 5: Jen’s writing response 259
  22. Appendix 6: Nils’s writing response 263
  23. References
  24. Index of terms 289
  25. Index of people 291
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