Impoliteness in interpreting: A question of gender?

Impoliteness and mock-impoliteness A descriptive analysis

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Interpreting angina: symptoms along a gender continuum

BACKGROUND 'Typical' angina is often used to describe symptoms common among men, while 'atypical' angina is used to describe symptoms common among women, despite a higher prevalence of angina among women. This discrepancy is a source of controversy in cardiac care among women. OBJECTIVES To redefine angina by (1) qualitatively comparing angina symptoms and experiences in women and men and (2)...

Intercultural impoliteness

The paper argues that impoliteness may work differently in intercultural interactions than in L1 communication. Most researchers (cf. Bousfield, 2008; Culpeper, 2009, 2010; Haugh, 2011) analyzing impoliteness within one language seem to agree that no act is inherently impolite, and that such a condition depends on the context or speech situation that affects interpretation. This may not be quit...

Interpreting Expert Knowledge For Computerized Question Generation

It’s the night before his organic chemistry examination, but John isn’t ready for the test. Sure, he studied all week for the test, but he still doesn’t have a firm grasp of all the material and he knows his professors wouldn’t be happy with him if he woke them up now, at 1:30 A.M. So, he sits down at his PC and launches his browser, guiding it to the “Question Generator” homepage where he logs...