If You Pop Over There: A Corpus-based Study of Conditionals in Medical Discourse.

Ferguson, Gibson

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ERIC Number: EJ613103

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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If You Pop Over There: A Corpus-based Study of Conditionals in Medical Discourse.

Ferguson, Gibson

English for Specific Purposes, v20 n1 p61-82 2001

Focuses on if conditionals in medical discourse. Three genres are examined: research articles, journal editorials, and doctor-patient consultations. Analyzes a variety of formal, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of conditionals across genres. Concludes with brief reflections on pedagogic implications. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Styles, Medical Research, Physician Patient Relationship, Pragmatics, Scholarly Journals, Second Language Instruction, Semantics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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