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| Author: | Gülich, E. |
| Title: | Conversational techniques used in transferring knowledge between medical experts and non-experts |
| Journal: | Discourse studies
2003 : VOL. 5:2, p. 235-263 |
| Index terms: | Communication Knowledge Health service |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article focuses on face-to-face communication. The analysis is based on large corpus of transcribed recordings of medical seminars in rehabilitation centres and of interviews with chronically ill patients suffering from heart conditions. The focus is on procedures of illustration. Four main types are described: metaphors, exemplification, 'scenarios', concretization. |
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