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Abstract Language Games
Narrating Neurodivergence and Conceptualizing Identity
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
Abstract nouns - power, privilege, race, gender, and identity - can embody varied positions that polarize the discourse around attempts to theorize them, particularly in contexts where disputes arise over activism and sociocultural change. This book therefore materializes out of one neurodivergent researcher’s endeavor to examine the five selected nouns through topical narratives provided by six culturally and linguistically diverse participants who also identify as neurodivergent or divergent thinkers. Neurodivergent narratives from individuals of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds can inform how we understand intention in abstract English language.
Author / Editor information
Summer West, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany; City University of New York, College of Staten Island, USA.
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Frontmatter
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Foreword
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Neurodivergence and abstract language
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Chapter 2 Language games, abstract nouns, and metadiscourse
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Chapter 3 Power and privilege
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Chapter 4 Race and gender
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Chapter 5 Identity indefinable
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Chapter 6 Autistic narratives and appraisals of abstraction
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Chapter 7 Non-neurotypical narratives and appraisals
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Chapter 8 Discernably thematic and transparently limited
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Chapter 9 Abstracting the writer and the corpus
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Chapter 10 Moving forward in community
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Appendix 1: Sam’s writing response
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Appendix 2: K.esseff’s writing response
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Appendix 3: Henry G’s writing response
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Appendix 4: Illogan’s writing response
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Appendix 5: Jen’s writing response
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Appendix 6: Nils’s writing response
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References
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Index of terms
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Index of people
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eBook published on:
September 22, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111478241
Hardcover published on:
September 22, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111477190
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Main content:
300
Coloured Illustrations:
17
Tables:
9
Keywords for this book
Narrative; Neurodivergence; Metadiscourse; Polysemy; Corpus Analysis; Abstract Nouns
Audience(s) for this book
Stakeholders in Adult Autism & ADHD, Cognitive Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis.
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