Evaluative language in medical discourse: a contrastive study between English and Spanish university lectures
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DOI: 10.1075/lic.15018.bel
Abstract: Academic spoken discourse has been a dominant issue for discourse studies researchers for the last 25 years or so. Different spoken academic genres have been analysed ( Swales, 1990 , 2004 ; Berkenkotter and Huckin,… read more here.
Keywords: discourse; medical discourse; evaluative language; study ... See more keywords
Sea of bodies: a medical discourse of the refugee crisis in Tears of Salt: A Doctor’s Story
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DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2021-012242
Abstract: In the memoir Tears of Salt: A Doctor’s Story, Pietro Bartolo (2018) relates visceral descriptions of illness, injury and death endured by refugees on their journey of escape to the shores of Lampedusa in the… read more here.
Keywords: medical discourse; refugee crisis; refugee; doctor story ... See more keywords
Semi-automated socio-anthropologic analysis of the medical discourse on rheumatoid arthritis: Potential impact on public health
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279632
Abstract: The debilitating effects of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the accompanying chronic inflammation, represent a significant obstacle for the sustainability of our development, with efforts being spread worldwide to contrast NCDs' diffusion, as per the United… read more here.
Keywords: analysis medical; public health; rheumatoid arthritis; discourse ... See more keywords