The impact of bilinguality and language context on the understanding of epistemic adverbs in health communication: the case of English and Russian

AimTo explore how English epistemic adverbs, as used in health communication, are understood by speakers depending on their first language (L1) and language context.MethodsWe used an online dissimilarity rating task with paired doctors' opinions which differed only with respect to the embedded...

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Main Authors: Vanda Nissen, Renata F. I. Meuter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1179341/full