Discourse Tact In Doctor-Patient Interactions In English: An Analysis of Diagnosis in Medical Communication in Nigeria

This study describes discourse tact in diagnoses in doctor-patient interactions in English in selected hospitals in South-western Nigeria. Using recorded conversations between doctors and patients in those hospitals as data, the mutual contextual beliefs of participants, speech act patterns, includ...

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Main Authors: Wale Adegbite, Akin Odebunmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Africa Research Network 2006-12-01
Series:Nordic Journal of African Studies
Online Access:https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/40