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Illocutionary Function Of Language In The Healing Miracles Of Jesus Christ.pdf (695.45 kB)

Illocutionary Function Of Language In The Healing Miracles Of Jesus Christ.pdf

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posted on 2022-01-03, 21:28 authored by Stephen Magor EllahStephen Magor Ellah
This research analyses the language of medical case notes (MCNs) produced by medical personnel in Nigeria. The study examines the explicatural strategies that help in the appropriate interpretation of the discourse. Twenty case notes were purposively sampled from two privately owned hospitals in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The data were subjected to a pragmatic analysis using Wilson and Sperber‟s Theoretical Concept of Explicature. The findings show the deployment of three explicatural strategies of enrichment in the discourse: gap filling, reference assignment and bridging by the medical personnel in the recovery of the propositional contents of case notes with linguistic peculiarities. The study reveals professional competence and concludes that the pragmatic implication of enrichment in the interpretation of such medical discourses enhances the appropriate diagnosis of diseases and treatment of patients which are the core tasks of the medical personnel.

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