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Skin cancer risk assessment and the grammaticalization of the future: The role of epistemic modality when temporally framing health information 皮肤癌风险评估和未来的语法化:认知方式在临时构建健康信息时的作用

Language and Health Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.laheal.2023.07.001

Tiziana Jäggi , Sayaka Sato , Pascal M. Gygax

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The changing landscape of healthcare communication in Italy: Perceptions and challenges in language brokering services 意大利医疗保健沟通的变化景观:语言中介服务的感知和挑战

Language and Health Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.laheal.2023.07.002

Jekaterina Nikitina , Giulia Montenovo

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