Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital

dc.contributor.advisorWeinberg, Eugene
dc.contributor.authorLevin, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-26T06:27:52Z
dc.date.available2024-06-26T06:27:52Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2024-06-25T13:39:10Z
dc.description.abstract[page 312 missing] This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the problems result from lack of bilingualism or asymmetrical bilingualism; however, even if bilingualism were to be achieved, communication difficulties might still persist in relation to what I call discordant terminology between the two languages.
dc.identifier.apacitationLevin, M. (2005). <i>Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLevin, Michael. <i>"Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLevin, M. 2005. Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Levin, Michael AB - [page 312 missing] This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the problems result from lack of bilingualism or asymmetrical bilingualism; however, even if bilingualism were to be achieved, communication difficulties might still persist in relation to what I call discordant terminology between the two languages. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Linguistics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2005 T1 - Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital TI - Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLevin M. Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentLinguistics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.titleDiscordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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