Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories
Medical texts are often thought to pertain to a closed community, but how far the language used by that community overlaps with general academic lexis is unknown. We examined a corpus of clinical case histories using the software RANGE to characterise the lexis of clinical case histories quantitativ...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
2013-04-01
|
| Series: | Ibérica |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_25_Mungra.pdf |
| _version_ | 1818554244417978368 |
|---|---|
| author | Philippa Mungra Tatiana Canziani |
| author_facet | Philippa Mungra Tatiana Canziani |
| author_sort | Philippa Mungra |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Medical texts are often thought to pertain to a closed community, but how far the language used by that community overlaps with general academic lexis is unknown. We examined a corpus of clinical case histories using the software RANGE to characterise the lexis of clinical case histories quantitatively and present a wordlist for clinical medicine. Only 58% of the general academic wordlists are found in clinical texts but the 85% overlap with an important academic wordlist, the Coxhead 570, furnishes evidence for the academic nature of the lexis used for clinical cases in Medicine. There was little overlap (38%) between our clinical case wordlist and other wordlists of medical research articles but such overlap might constitute a core of medical lexis. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-12T09:36:49Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-59050ece955a44348d74dbc4ae8346af |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1139-7241 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-12T09:36:49Z |
| publishDate | 2013-04-01 |
| publisher | Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Ibérica |
| spelling | doaj.art-59050ece955a44348d74dbc4ae8346af2022-12-22T00:28:41ZengAsociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines EspecíficosIbérica1139-72412013-04-01253962Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case historiesPhilippa MungraTatiana CanzianiMedical texts are often thought to pertain to a closed community, but how far the language used by that community overlaps with general academic lexis is unknown. We examined a corpus of clinical case histories using the software RANGE to characterise the lexis of clinical case histories quantitatively and present a wordlist for clinical medicine. Only 58% of the general academic wordlists are found in clinical texts but the 85% overlap with an important academic wordlist, the Coxhead 570, furnishes evidence for the academic nature of the lexis used for clinical cases in Medicine. There was little overlap (38%) between our clinical case wordlist and other wordlists of medical research articles but such overlap might constitute a core of medical lexis.http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_25_Mungra.pdflexisMedical EnglishMedical Academic Word List (MAWL)clinical case historiessubject-specific wordlists |
| spellingShingle | Philippa Mungra Tatiana Canziani Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories Ibérica lexis Medical English Medical Academic Word List (MAWL) clinical case histories subject-specific wordlists |
| title | Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories |
| title_full | Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories |
| title_fullStr | Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories |
| title_short | Lexicographic studies in medicine: Academic Word List for clinical case histories |
| title_sort | lexicographic studies in medicine academic word list for clinical case histories |
| topic | lexis Medical English Medical Academic Word List (MAWL) clinical case histories subject-specific wordlists |
| url | http://www.aelfe.org/documents/03_25_Mungra.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT philippamungra lexicographicstudiesinmedicineacademicwordlistforclinicalcasehistories AT tatianacanziani lexicographicstudiesinmedicineacademicwordlistforclinicalcasehistories |