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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=993555710-16042003>Dear
Rosemary</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=993555710-16042003>I'd be
interested to hear more about your research. Here at the University of East
Anglia in the UK, there is active collaboration between linguists and medics on
health communication issues. We're interested in the communication and
perception of risk and causality and are investigating the communicative
channels and styles used between experts and non-experts. The media is a central
area of investigation. In addition to discourse-oriented approaches, some of us
have cognitive linguistics angle--looking at questions such as how natural
language encodes concepts of causation, probability, evidence and authority in
health communication settings. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=993555710-16042003>Do tell us
more, if you have the time, about your work.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=993555710-16042003>Paul
Chilton</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> TheDiscourseStudiesList
[mailto:DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG]<B>On Behalf Of</B> R
Aldrich<BR><B>Sent:</B> 15 April 2003 01:36<BR><B>To:</B>
DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a researcher working in Australia
investigating the link between health, policy, discourse, health outcomes and
health inequalities. I am hoping to complete this year a PhD
examining the language, values and discourses of the health policies of
our federal government concerning Australia's Indigenous peoples
over the the past three decades. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My background is diverse - I have tertiary
qualifications in journalism and social history, medicine and public health
and have worked in electronic and print media, advertising, and as a clinical
and public health doctor and manager in hospitals and community. For the
past five years I have been running a public health research institute
and teaching public health to undergraduate medical students. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I look forward to learning from and participating
in discussions on the Listserv</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rosemary Aldrich</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Newcastle, New South Wales</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Australia </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>