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Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital
[page 312 missing] This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the pro...
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| description | [page 312 missing] This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the problems result from lack of bilingualism or asymmetrical bilingualism; however, even if bilingualism were to be achieved, communication difficulties might still persist in relation to what I call discordant terminology between the two languages. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/40013 Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital Levin, Michael Weinberg, Eugene Linguistics [page 312 missing] This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the problems result from lack of bilingualism or asymmetrical bilingualism; however, even if bilingualism were to be achieved, communication difficulties might still persist in relation to what I call discordant terminology between the two languages. 2024-06-26T06:27:52Z 2024-06-26T06:27:52Z 2005 2024-06-25T13:39:10Z Thesis / Dissertation Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013 eng application/pdf Linguistics Faculty of Humanities |
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| title | Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital |
| title_full | Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital |
| title_fullStr | Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital |
| title_short | Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital |
| title_sort | discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between english speaking doctors and xhosa speaking parents at a paediatric hospital |
| topic | Linguistics |
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