In this article, we reflect on the epistemological frameworks and priorities of intercultural
communication research regarding 'cultural differences'. With the current challenge posed …

In her book, Technology, Literacy and Learning (2006), Carey Jewitt discusses the
difference between the page and the screen as two distinct 'sties of display'. In these …

This study documents the design and use of vocational English materials informed by
Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as social semiotic theory. Extensive studies in …

Background Health communication research and guidelines often recommend that medical
terminology be avoided when communicating with patients due to their limited …

This paper analyses the COVID-19 narratives of US President Donald Trump and UK Prime
Minister Boris Johnson, combining principles from applied linguistic approaches to illness …

Health research highlights transformative and therapeutic effects of peer-to-peer online
communication. Yet, we still know little about the practices and processes that generate such …

ABSTRACT A recent (2016) Office for National Statistics report stated that dementia is now
“the leading cause of death” in England and Wales. Ever fixated with the syndrome (an …

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication consists of forty
chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that …

This study examines the way young Saudi women use language and other communicative
resources in their digitally mediated interactions. It is motivated by the debate in Saudi …

This article investigates public discourses of multilingualism in Britain. In contrast to previous
research focusing on specific languages or varieties of language, we examine …