The discursive construction of diabulimia: a corpus linguistic examination of online health communication

This study is the first of its kind to examine the discursive construction of diabulimia. Diabulimia is a contested disease characterised by the deliberate restriction of insulin dosage by people with insulin-dependent diabetes in order to control their weight. The analysis takes a mixed methods app...

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Main Author: Brookes, Gavin John
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37621/

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