Lingvistička analiza medicinskoga diskursa

Authors

  • Anamarija Gjuran-Coha
  • Brigita Bosnar-Valković

Keywords:

jezična analiza, medicinski diskurs, medicinsko nazivlje, funkcionalni stilovi

Abstract

All languages are affected by the changes caused by globalization. Globalization includes sci-ence and technology and directly affects the communication and its means. Languages for specific purposes are also liable to changes and innovations on all levels. The aim of this paper is to examine some features of medical discourse related to medical terminology and expres-sion used in written and oral communication. Medical language is based on Greek and Latin, but the influx of English terms has been noticed for the last two decades. They are widely accepted and used both in written texts and oral communication. The use of synonyms in medical texts leads to misunderstanding and wrong interpretation. The language of medicine is characterized by the frequent usage of abbreviations. There are changes on the semantic level – widening and narrowing of the meaning and on the syntactic level marked by frequent nominalization.

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Published

2022-08-31

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): Jahr - Annual of the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities

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