{"product_id":"language-incompetence-9781032078915","title":"Language Incompetence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book demonstrates:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe generative and resistant value of human vulnerability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe importance of vulnerability in motivating engagement with social networks and material ecologies for productive thinking, communication, and community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of relational ethics in social and communicative life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea decolonizing orientation to disability studies and language competence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile language competence was traditionally defined as mentally internalized grammatical knowledge for individual mastery of communication, this book demonstrates the need for distributed, ethical, and embodied practic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a ground-breaking book, situated at the intersection of disability studies and applied linguistics. Suresh Canagarajah writes about important contemporary themes. He argues for a non-deficit perspective, where English language students are no longer seen as needing remediation. He criticizes applied linguists’ exclusive reliance on western discourse and knowledge-making practices. He establishes the importance of social networks, material resources, and distributed practice in the emergence of meaning. He calls for researchers to engage in ethical inquiry, consistent with several recent reminders that applied linguists should seek to solve problems in the real world. In short, this is a thought-provoking book—a memoir sure to spark much discussion.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiane Larsen-Freeman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Michigan, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eLanguage Incompetence\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique experience – we encounter a very different author than what we usually expect when we read academic literature. Indeed, this is a very different author than the Suresh Canagarajah that we have known from \u003ci\u003ehis\u003c\/i\u003e academic literature. But there is incredible strength embodied in the anomalies of this book, just as the author argues for the strength in anomalous embodiment more generally. Most impressive is the honesty with which Canagarajah recounts his engagement with disability, through layers of internalized ableism, grappling and often struggling with the ways that our academic discourses suffice, and do not suffice, to recognize the very real vulnerability of our bodies and minds. \u003ci\u003eLanguage Incompetence\u003c\/i\u003e should be read by any student or scholar invested in the reliability and normativity of linguistics, of science, of rhetoric – Canagarajah will gently replace their desire for precision and certainty with something much more human.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJay Dolmage\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of English, University of Waterloo, Canada; Editor, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Am I Disabled?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Learning to be Able\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. BC\/AC: Changing Identities and Communities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Designer Babies and Chosen Tribes: Toward a Relational Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. From War Zones to Cancer Wards: A Community of Dependent Frail Bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Composing at Chemo Time: Cancer Journals as Performative Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. John’s Final Blogs: Anomalous Embodiment and Religious Disability Rhetoric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. The Arbor and the Rhizome: Rethinking Language Competence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Weaving Texts: Scientific Communication as Anomalous Embodiment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. \"Supplement or Compensate our Weak Points\": Relational Ethics in Academic Interactions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Café Conversations: Embracing Vulnerability in Society and Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018828054871,"sku":"9781032078915","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032078915.jpg?v=1750778305","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/language-incompetence-9781032078915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}