Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
Few linguistic works exam vernacular terms for health concepts rather than technical medical terms (cf. Rueda-Baclig & Florencio 2003). The prevalence of conversations on food, sleep, exercise, and illness – and the ordinariness of the words – leads to aspects of lexical misinterpretation remaining understudied. Lay terms with multiple senses are studied here to determine effects on misunderstanding of causality in health discussions.
Disciplines
Linguistics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Date
6-7-2013
Language
English
License
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Recommended Citation
Stvan, Laurel Smith, "Vernacular Explanations of Causation in Lay Health Discourse" (2013). Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations. 21.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/linguistics_tesol_facpubs/21