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An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Medical Discourse of Obesity: Analyzing Patients’ Speech

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  • Dimitrios T. Karalis Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Thessaly, Greece; Registered Endocrinologist, Member of the Hellenic Endocrine Society
  • Efthymia M. Tsaroucha Adjunct Lecturer of Linguistics & Post-doctoral Researcher, Foreign Languages Centre, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • Tilemachos D. Karali MD in Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & General Hospital of Sitia; Greece
  • Angeliki S. Kleisiari BA in Greek Philology, Hellenic Open University of Cyprus, MSc in Bioethics, School of Medi-cine, Democritus University of Thrace; Greece
  • Stergios D. Karalis MD in Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace & General Hospital of Trikala; Greece

Abstract

This paper argues for an interdisciplinary approach to the medical discourse of obesity and at-tempts to build bridges between the disciplines of medicine and linguistics. The article aims to highlight the anthropological significance of medical discourse by investigating expressions of suffering. The paper analyzes patients’ speech and how they describe obesity and its complications. It is suggested that the use of figurative language (by means of metaphor and metonymy) in order to describe this disease is shaped by environmental and physical factors.

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International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation

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3 (2)

Pages

01-07

Published

2020-02-29

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Karalis, D. T. ., Tsaroucha, E. M. ., Karali, T. D. ., Kleisiari, A. S. ., & Karalis, S. D. . (2020). An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Medical Discourse of Obesity: Analyzing Patients’ Speech. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 3(2), 01–07. Retrieved from https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/ijllt/article/view/364

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Keywords:

Medical discourse, interdisciplinary approach, medicine, bioethics, linguistics, patient’s speech, obesity, disease, linguistic expressions, ], figurative language, metaphor, metonymy