Browsing Faculty Presentations by Subject "Lay terms"

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    • Vernacular Explanations of Causation in Lay Health Discourse 

      Stvan, Laurel Smith (Department of Linguistics & TESOL, University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-06-07)
      Few linguistic works exam vernacular terms for health concepts rather than technical medical terms (cf. Rueda-Baclig & Florencio 2003). The prevalence of conversations on food, sleep, exercise, and illness – and the ...