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Publication details [#39526]

Grainger, Karen. 2004. Verbal play on the hospital ward: Solidarity or power? Multilingua 23 (1-2) : 39–59.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
geriatric psycholinguistics | hospital | humor | identity negotiation
Place, Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This article examines how humorous interchanges affect the negotiation of roles and identities on an acute geriatric ward.