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Publication details [#12669]

Wodak, Ruth. 1997. Critical discourse analysis and the study of doctor-patient interaction. In Gunnarsson, Britt-Louise, Per Linell and Bengt Nordberg. The Construction of Professional discourse. (Language in Social Life). Longman. pp. 173–200.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | doctor-patient conversation | interaction | non-linguistic process

Annotation

It is shown how the verbal and non-verbal interaction patterns in an Austrian out-patients' ward are the product of the ward's organization and rules, a hierarchical structure reflected by the discourse.