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Galasinski, DariuszIssue Date
2017-08-26
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Language matters. I have seen this simple statement more times than I care to remember. It is used by patients, nurses, psychologists, doctors and many other healthcare professionals. In this editorial I would like to offer a view of what a statement means to a linguist. And so, first, what we say does not just mean, it means something in a particular context; second, even more importantly, language does not consist only of words, and this is why medicine and medics should focus on their ‘way of speaking’.Citation
Galasinski, D., (2018) 'Language matters: a linguist’s view on medicine', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 93 (7), pp. 456-457Publisher
BMJ Publishing GroupJournal
Sexually Transmitted InfectionsAdditional Links
https://sti.bmj.com/content/93/7/456Type
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
1368-4973ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/sextrans-2017-053240
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