33.2980, Books: Elasticity in Healthcare Communication: Zhang, Tseng

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Subject: 33.2980, Books: Elasticity in Healthcare Communication: Zhang, Tseng

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:53:25
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Elasticity in Healthcare Communication: Zhang, Tseng

 


Title: Elasticity in Healthcare Communication 
Subtitle: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/elasticity-healthcare-communication-cross-cultural-perspective?format=HB 


Author: Grace Qiao Zhang
Author: Ming-Yu Tseng

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108842396 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108842396 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108842396 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced title.

Elastic language is a phenomenon in linguistics that refers to how we stretch
the meanings of words, depending on the context in which they are used – for
example many, about 20, perhaps, could be. This study looks specifically at
elastic language in the fields of medicine and healthcare, showing how it is
used to serve both the patient's and the professional's needs. It explores the
pragmatics and metapragmatics of elasticity in the delivery of online medical
information as a way of avoiding miscommunication. Based on data from Chinese
and English sources, it takes a cross-cultural perspective, to present an
account of harmony and disharmony between professional medical websites and
their users. Adding exciting new dimensions to the fields of health
communication and pragmatics, it is essential reading for scholars and
advanced students in semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis and
interactional linguistics, as well as professionals involved in healthcare and
communication.
 



1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical foundations; 3. Methodology; 4. Elastic
language used in Chinese; 5. Elastic language used in English; 6. Comparison
between Chinese and English in regarding elastic language use; 7. Perceptions
of and attitudes towards the use of elastic language in Chinese; 8.
Perceptions of and attitudes towards the use of elastic language in English;
9. Comparison between Chinese and English regarding participants' feedback;
10. General discussion; Conclusions and implications; Appendix: English
questionnaire used in Perth, Australia; Appendix: Chinese questionnaire used
in Taiwan.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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