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A linguistic analysis of dental treatment motivation letters

Introduction

Multiple scripts
Conflicted interests
Evidence vs practice

Literature

Critical discourse
Semantics
Context analysis
Clinical genre

Aim

Compare explicit and implicit messages in clinical text from dental practitioners

Objectives

Identify/compare

• Explicit message
• Linguistic features
• Implicit message

Sample

25-30 LOM
From Jan 2015
De-identified

Data collection

Concept frame
Semantic features
Contextual features

Data analysis

Qualititative
Describe
Categorise
Compare

Ethics

MA permission
Confidentiality
Anonymity
Data security

Logistics

Approval: April
Data: April-June
Analysis: July-Sept
Write up: Sept-Nov

References

Goatly, A. (2000) Critical Reading and Writing. Routledge, New York.

Appendices