Bøger af Carol Berkenkotter

A study of the linguistic negotiations at the heart of mental illness identification and patient diagnosis. Through an examination of psychiatric case records from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book shows how the work of psychiatry was navigated by patients, families, doctors, the general public, and the legal system.

The authors' studies of disciplinary communication examine operations of systems as diverse as peer review in scientific publications and language in a first grade science classroom. The methods used include case study and ethnographic techniques, and rhetorical and discourse analysis.