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Publication details [#64496]

Tsai, Mei-Hui. 2018. ‘That's exactly what I will share with you today!’ Negotiation for a ticket of entry to unsolicited health education talks. Language & Communication 58 : 80–92.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

Clients’ health problem mentions serve as a ‘ticket of entry’ to affirm health providers’ advice-giving task. In health education talks, ToEs are mostly built by information-deliverers, rather than imparted by recipients. Information-deliverers’ employment of viewpoint-checking questions is the key for recipients’ knowledge want to surface. Deliverers also employ markers to expressly link recipients’ want status to prospective information. ToE establishment is a nuanced communication ability that justifies extensive training.