INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE II: HEALTHCARE Flashcards
1
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STAGES OF INTERACTION
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- Opening the encounter
- Opening initiative
- Opening questions, inviting narratives
- Asking and giving information
- (Not) listening: encouraging to continue
- Mutual planning and decision-making
2
Q
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC
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semantic domain vs lexicalisation
3
Q
A HYBRID TEXT
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- medical jargon
- impersonalisation, nominalisation and agentless passives
- quasi-spoken features
- solidarity
