Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2021 in the subject
Medicine - Other, University of Mosul (University of Mosul/ Iraq),
language: English, abstract: The study investigates the notion of power
in Mosuli Arabic doctor-patient encounters from a pragmatic point of
view. It does so by studying the interface of power and politeness in
interaction. The theoretical framework adopted in the study is Brown and
Levinson's (1987) politeness theory. Naturalistic observation method is
the method used to collect data from 10 doctors and 38 patients in
different public and private medical settings. The study hypothesizes
that doctors aren't inclined to use politeness strategies due to their
"expert", "referent" and "legitimate" power whilst patients are inclined
to use politeness strategies when they interact with their doctor to
lessen the influence of FTAs. The study finds that doctors (both males
and females) exercise power when they interact with their patients as
they do FTAs baldly-on-record in most cases. It also finds that patients
(both males and females) of different ages use politeness mitigation
strategies when they interact with a doctor to lessen the influence of
an FTA.