التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Politeness constructions in doctor-patient interactions in private hospitals in Akure, Nigeria. |
| المؤلفون: |
Olorunsogo, David1 (AUTHOR) sogodav@gmail.com |
| المصدر: |
African Identities. Aug2024, p1-13. 13p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*MEDICAL consultation, *COURTESY, *NEGOTIATION, *PHYSICIANS, *HOSPITALS |
| مستخلص: |
This paper investigated politeness types constructed between doctors and patients during medical consultations in private hospitals in Akure, Nigeria. While the earlier studies on doctor-patient interactions in the Nigerian context employed Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory and Leech’s politeness maxims, this study adopted Akio Yabuuchi’s hierarchy politeness. Yabuchi’s model of hierarchy politeness was employed as a framework to identify the types of politeness. It investigates how politeness type influences linguistic choices and hierarchical behavior in doctor-patient interactions. The politeness types constructed are institutional politeness, symmetrical politeness, and quasi-institutional politeness. Common strategies used by doctors and patients to negotiate hierarchy within the politeness’ constructions include veneration and comprehension strategies. Asymmetry is customary between doctors and patients in Nigerian private hospitals; although patients pay for the consultations, doctors seem to act as the superior participant by constructing desired politeness type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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