Linguistic manipulation in medical discourse (using the example of an English-language TV series)

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2025. Volume 10. No. 3. pp. 1-7.

Authors

Baimuratova U. S.*
Orenburg State University
Russia, Orenburg region, 460018 Orenburg, Pobedy ave., 13
Belova N. A.
Orenburg State University
Russia, Orenburg region, 460018 Orenburg, Pobedy ave., 13

Abstract

This article examines linguistic manipulation in medical discourse as a psychological influence on the recipient in order to change his opinion and behavior in the interests of the manipulator - doctor. Verbal and non-verbal manipulation strategies are defined, and the following verbal means of manipulation in the field of medical speech act are analyzed in detail: compliments, taciturnity, expression of complicity, use of metaphors, medical terms, the pronoun “we”, and the clarifying question “understand?”, repetition.

Keywords

  • manipulation
  • manipulating
  • medical discourse
  • linguistics
  • English
  • speech communicative act
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