Niche sourcing and transexplanations for the enhancement of doctor-patient comprehension in multilingual hospital settings

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Abstract

We present one specific preliminary case study in which we are creating audiorecord-ed 'transexplanations' for explaining medi-cal spirometer procedures to foreign language speaking tuberculosis patients. Transexplanations are part of present-day domain-specific and niche-specific commu-nication in a multilingual setting. They are examples of the communicative role of ter-minology and domain specific utterances in a real life setting.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the workshop on optimizing understanding in multilingual hospital encounters - TIA 2013
EditorsRita Temmerman, Guadalupe Aguado De Cea
Place of PublicationParis
PublisherUniversité Paris 13
Pages33-36
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 30 Oct 2013
Eventoptimizing understanding in multilingual hospital encounters-TIA 2013 - Paris, France
Duration: 30 Oct 2013 → …

Conference

Conferenceoptimizing understanding in multilingual hospital encounters-TIA 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period30/10/13 → …

Bibliographical note

Rita Temmerman, Guadalupe Aguado de Cea

Keywords

  • niche sourcing
  • intercultural communication
  • medical communication
  • transexplanations

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