Helping Medical Students Write: Genre Analysis of Medical Case Reports

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Authors

HELÁN Robert

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference FORLANG Cudzie jazyky v akademickom prostredi
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Language Centre

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Field Linguistics
Keywords medical case reports; structural move analysis; genre research
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Description This study uses structural move analysis method of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) genre research in order to examine medical case reports published in on-line medical journals. Specific textual aspects deemed important for the investigation have been selected such as biomedical rhetorical features and conventionalized lexis characteristic of this written medical discourse. The study also explains the key differences between the three established genre research traditions. In addition, important pedagogical applications are briefly discussed.
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