Medical English as a Lingua Franca

M. Gregory Tweedie, Robert C. Johnson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 220 Seiten

2023
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-135553-5 (ISBN)

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lt;p>In this first book-length treatment of MELF, the authors assert that MELF represents an important contribution to our understanding of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), in that existing ELF research has been limited to relatively low stakes communicative situations, such as interactions in business, academia, internet blogging or casual conversations. Medical contexts, in contrast, often represent situations calling for exceptional communicative precision and urgency. Providing both evidence from their own research and analysis from (the limited number of) existing studies, the authors offer a counterpoint to the optimism regarding communicative success prevalent in ELF. The book proposes a theoretical perspective on how the various features of healthcare communication serve as important variables in shaping interaction among speakers of ELF, further enlarging our understanding of this emerging sub-field.

lt;strong>M. Gregory Tweedie, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; Robert C. Johnson, University of Calgary in Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] ; 16
Zusatzinfo	2 b/w and 2 col. ill., 1 b/w tbl.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Schlagworte	english as a lingua franca • lingua franca • Medical Communication • medizinisches Englisch • World Englishes
ISBN-10	3-11-135553-5 / 3111355535
ISBN-13	978-3-11-135553-5 / 9783111355535
Zustand	Neuware