The function of mitigation in the context of a socially stigmatized disease: A case study in a public hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay

Spanish in Context

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-266

  Delbene, Roxana ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic mitigation; De responsabilization; Deception; Deixis; Disqualification; Downgrades; Failure to talk; HIV AIDS infection; Mitigation; Pandemic; Politeness; Shields; Stigmatization; Taboo; Topic negotiation strategies; Unsayable

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644432106     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.1.2.05del     Document Type: Article

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