Applying linguistics in health research, education, and policy : bench to bedside and back again / edited Brett A. Diaz and Robert W. Schrauf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diaz, Brett A., editor.

Schrauf, Robert W., editor.

Series:

Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]

Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL] ; v.34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied linguistics.

Health education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

The series Trends in Applied Linguistics meets the challenges of the rapidly growing field of applied linguistics. In a very broad sense, applied linguistics is understoodby focusing on the application of theoretical linguistics to current problems arising in different contexts of human society. Given the interdisciplinary character of applied linguistics, the series includes cognitive, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives. The following topicsare included in the series: Second language acquisition and the acquisition of additional languages Bilingual and multilingual education Language planning and language policy Literacy skills Second/foreign language pedagogy Translation and interpretation Language for specific purposes Discourse analysis Language testing and assessment Child language Language and gender Pragmatics and rhetorics Corpus analysis Critical pedagogies Research methodology in applied linguistics Language and technology.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Section 1: Applied linguistics and health/medical education

Chapter 1 Functional linguistics and health professions education: An exploration of individual and group reflection processes

Chapter 2 From cultural competence to discourse competence: Discourse analysis and the education of bi/multilingual health care professionals

Section 2: Applied linguistics, translation, and health

Chapter 3 Children learning about dementia in Taiwan: Using gist translations to clarify adult opinions

Chapter 4 Research translation as situated practice

Section 3: Applied linguistics and public health

Chapter 5 Modality and interpretative spaces in policies

Chapter 6 Discourses at work in elderly, health policy communication: Uncovering aspects of semantic preference and prosody in the rural opioid epidemic

Chapter 7 Responding to crisis, responding to needs: Older adults seeking medical care in the aftermath of storms

Section 4: Applied linguistics and health interventions

Chapter 8 Beyond "Limited English Proficient" in health care policy, practice, and programs

Chapter 9 Designing health interventions on transdisciplinary research teams: Contributions of LSI scholarship

Conclusion

Contributor information

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Diaz, Brett A. Applying Linguistics in Health Research, Education, and Policy

ISBN:

9783110744804

3-11-074480-5

OCLC:

1350247600