Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Medical Discourse in Anthropocentric Contexts
(2022)Abstract
This article explores the lexical, cognitive and semantical significance of medical discourse—a high-stakes topic with clear applied relevance that is also rich ground for developing anthropological theory. Studying discourse and medicine together brings us to encounter culture as discursively constituted. As historically situated practices, forms of medical discourse play a role in cultural production and reproduction. Effective intervention in those processes requires insightful assessment of communicative practices in sociocultural contexts. This article reviews such practices and contexts.