Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital

[page 312 missing] This thesis falls into the broad area of applied linguistics, in the field of medical communication. The central problem which I investigate is the imperfect communication that takes place between largely English-speaking doctors and largely Xhosa-speaking parents. Some of the problems result from lack of bilingualism or asymmetrical bilingualism; however, even if bilingualism were to be achieved, communication difficulties might still persist in relation to what I call discordant terminology between the two languages.

Grantor

Linguistics

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Levin, Michael

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Weinberg, Eugene

• Linguistics

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40013

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/40013