1st Edition
An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions
By Simone C. Bacchini
Copyright 2023
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Bringing insights from linguistics to those without a background in this field, An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions enables readers to better appreciate the ways in which language functions simultaneously as an instrument to encode and communicate meaning, build and sustain interpersonal relationships, and express identity. Grounded in the... Read more
Introduction
- This thing called language
- Grammar and words: how we paint the world
- Language in use
- Talk happens somewhere
- Narratives: the power of stories
- Intercultural communication
- Workplace communication
- Meaning as interaction
Biography
Simone C. Bacchini is Subject Specialist for Arts and Humanities at The British Library. He worked as associate facilitator on the clinical communication module on the medical course at King’s College London. He was guest lecturer in communication on the Relationship-Based Practice in Social Work module Staffordshire University. His research interests include health communication, Discourse Analysis, sociolinguistics, and Systemic Functional Linguistics.
