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<p> This paper presents the results of a corpus-based study which investigates the genre of medical eexchanges between doctors and medical website users. Three conversational routines (greetings, politeness, formal and informal linguistic features) are analyzed. The framework of the study is what some researchers refer to as net linguistics (Posteguillo 2003), consisting of the linguistic study of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). The findings indicate that health posts are a relatively informal type of d/p interaction which is largely influenced by e-mails and chat conventions.</p>
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This paper presents the results of a corpus-based study which investigates the genre of medical eexchanges between doctors and medical website users. Three conversational routines (greetings, politeness, formal and informal linguistic features) are analyzed. The framework of the study is what some researchers refer to as net linguistics (Posteguillo 2003), consisting of the linguistic study of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). The findings indicate that health posts are a relatively informal type of d/p interaction which is largely influenced by e-mails and chat conventions.

In-Between Discourse and Genre: Doctor-Patient Interaction in Online Communication.

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Formal and Informal Features in CMC

This paper presents the results of a corpus-based study which investigates the genre of medical eexchanges between doctors and medical website users. Three...

In-Between Discourse and Genre: Doctor-Patient Interaction in Online Communication.

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 78 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0009-8

Keywords
CMC, genre, medical discourse, written speech

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

In-Between Discourse and Genre: Doctor-Patient Interaction in Online Communication.

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 78 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0009-8

KeywordsCMC, genre, medical discourse, written speech

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
CMC, genre, medical discourse, written speech