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Medical English As a Lingua Franca by M. Gregory Tweedie; Robert C. Johnson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Medical English As a Lingua Franca about?

<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. </P>

Who reads Medical English As a Lingua Franca?

Author

M. Gregory Tweedie; Robert C. Johnson

Publisher

De Gruyter De Gruyter Mouton

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9783110697025

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Linguistics, Medical