Miriam Locher

Happy to report a new open access publication on Fiction and Pragmatics doi.org/10.1017/978100…

Happy to report a new open access publication on Corpus Pragmatics doi.org/10.1017/978100…

Happy to report a new open access publication on Pragmatics in translation doi.org/10.1017/978100… with @coocho and @PointyEar

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First results, K-drama project: Locher, M.A. (2020). Moments of relational work in English fan translations of Korean TV drama. doi.org/10.1016/j.prag…, Locher, M.A., & Messerli, T.C. (2020). Translating the other: Communal TV watching of Korean TV drama. doi.org/10.1016/j.prag…

And @mellojonny closes the volume with reflections on the role of language in primary care from a GP perspective bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li…

Chapter 13 illuminates how dominant definitions of suicide may impact healthcare practice bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @d_galasinski @jziolkowska1

Chapter 12 is on the barriers to good end-of-life and palliative care in GP bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @joelleloew @MacGPSarah @ke_weetman

Chapter 11 focuses on doctors' understandings of the role of culture in their professional practice bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @MarianVicUni

Chapter 10 shows how receptionist triaging in GP can be improved with a small change in language bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @rein_ove @LizStokoe

Part IV Professional practices and concerns #ProfessionalComms #doc2doc

Chapter 9 focuses on the perils of communicating risk in a way that encourages the right kinds of public behaviour bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @ChrisTangkcl @LangCogBe

Chapter 8 explores how metaphors in the media, especially War metaphors, can lead to stigma in the context of obesity bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @koteyko_nelya @dbatanasova

Part III Illness in the mass media #PublicHealthComms #SciComm

Chapter 7 discusses the multiple functions that narratives perform in illness contexts bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li… @MiriamLocher