Download This PaperAn Interdisciplinary Approach to the Medical Discourse of Obesity: Analyzing Patients’ Speech
IJLLT 3(2):01-07
7 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2020
Date Written: February 28, 2020
Abstract
This paper argues for an interdisciplinary approach to the medical discourse of obesity and attempts to build bridges between the disciplines of medicine and linguistics. The article aims to highlight the anthropological significance of medical discourse by investigating expressions of suffering. The paper analyzes patients’ speech and how they describe obesity and its complications. It is suggested that the use of figurative language (by means of metaphor and metonymy) in order to describe this disease is shaped by environmental and physical factors.
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Karalis, Dimitrios T. and Tsaroucha, Efthymia M. and Karali, Tilemachos D. and Kleisiari, Angeliki S. and Karalis, Stergios D., An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Medical Discourse of Obesity: Analyzing Patients’ Speech (February 28, 2020). IJLLT 3(2):01-07, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3546181 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3546181
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