Medically speaking: Mandative adjective extraposition in physician speech

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-318

  Hesson, Ashley ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age grading; Medicine; Modality; Physician; Pragmatic; Recommendation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904472185     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josl.12084     Document Type: Article

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