Although there has been considerable discussion of boundary excursions in clinician-patient relationships, little empirical research exists. This pilot study adds to the existing theoretical discussion by comparing perceptions by mental health professionals in Brazil and the United States of what may constitute boundary violations. Participants rated each possible boundary violation according t...

This research describe and explain the indicators of politeness among students English Department in Dharma Andalas University. uses descriptive qualitative analysis. The data this are speech between students. Retrieval using refer method. method is followed by a free interactive technique. Data was collected taking recorded conversations at results show 5 that apply their utterances, they are:...

Despite the increasing number of companies employing chatbots for tasks that previously needed human involvement, researchers and managers are only now beginning to examine in customer-brand relationship-building efforts. Not much is known, however, about how could modify their chatbot greeting, especially incorporating humour, increase engagement foster positive customer–brand interactions. Th...

Doctors and clients sometimes experience interactive clashes during hospital meetings in South-western Nigerian hospitals because of their divergent culture-constrained orientation to politeness cues. The goal of this paper is to unpack the discursive elements that characterize interactive confluence and divergence in selected consultative encounters in the hospitals. The findings indicate that...

We constructed a robust and low-priced finger pulse sensor from a singing greeting card beeper. The beeper outputs the plethysmographic signal, which is indistinguishable from that of commercial grade sensors. The sensor can be used in school for a number of experiments in human cardiovascular physiology.