Romanic, Germanic and Oriental languages
FUNCTIONING IMPLICATURES IN THE LANGUAGE OF PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH WORKERS
Published 2018-06-27
Keywords
- implicature,
- medical discourse,
- tactics,
- strategy,
- language of professional communication
Abstract
The article deals with the functioning of implicatures in German-speaking professional communication of health workers. The article establishes the concept of medical discourse and the functioning of implicatures in it. Also, the work outlines the typology of tactics that health workers use in communication with patients and their families - motivation, formation of thoughts, explanations, beliefs.