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Davis, Alan (2023)

Medicinal Warning Conditionals: A study of the language and structure of contraindication information in medicine packaging

Master thesis | Linguistics (MA)

The research relates to the use of conditionals in the warning paragraph of medicinal contraindications in a patient information leaflet (PIL) or Package Leaflet (PL), and whether aspects of the language used can be identified as a source of anxiety for patients with prescription medicines.

Conditionals

negation

medicine packaging

patient information leaflet

warnings

contraindications.

Author

Davis, Alan

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Translation in Theory and Practice

Supervisors

Reuneker, A,

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en