Communicating certainty and uncertainty in medical, supportive and scientific contexts / edited by Andrzej Zuczkowski, University of Macerata ; Ramona Bongelli, University of Macerata ; Ilaria Riccioni, University of Macerata ; Carla Canestrari, University of Macerata.

"International Conference "The Communication of Certainty and Uncertainty: Linguistic, Psychological, Philosophical Aspects, organised by Andrzej Zuczkowski (University of Macerata), Sibilla Cantarini (University of Verona), and Anita Fetzer (University of Würzburg) and held at the University of Macerata (Italy) from the 3rd to the 5th of October 2012."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Communicating Certainty and Uncertainty in Medical, Supportive and Scientific Contexts; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; I. Theoretical and general models; 1. Subjectivity in modality, and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. The 'traditional' analysis of subjectivity in modality; 3. Subjectivity vs. intersubjectivity, in modality and beyond; 4. The cognitive status of (inter)subjectivity; 5. Conclusion; References; 2. Certainty and uncertainty in assertive speech acts; 1. Introduction; 2. What is an assertion?; 3. A more comprehensive speech-act theoretical view.

1. Introduction2. The factivity hypothesis; 3. Direct and indirect interrogatives and exclamatives; 4. A pragmatic hypothesis; 5. Wh-clauses that are not interrogative; 6. Huddelston's criticism of the Elliott-Grimshaw analysis; 7. Conclusion; References; 5. Uncertainty as integrated part of meaning and understanding; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the scene: Dialog; 3. Meaning-in-use; 4. Cross-cultural dialog and expert-layperson communication; 5. Inner voices: Dialog within; 6. Conclusion; References; 6. Epistemic stance: Knowing, Unknowing, Believing (KUB) positions; 1. Introduction.

2. Akio Kamio: The theory of territories of information3. John Heritage: The epistemic management of conversational interactions; 4. The epistemic management of conversational interactions: Our perspective; 5. Conclusion; References; II. Medical and supportive interactions; 7. Requesting help with null or limited knowledge: Entitlements and responsibility in emergency call; 1. Introduction; 2. Emergency calls; 3. Analysis; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 8. The journey to advice: Balancing certainty and uncertainty in doctor delivery of expert opinion; 1. Introduction.

2. The meaning of evidences in medical practice: The EBM3. Advice giving in doctor-patient interactions; 4. Data and methodology; 5. Discussion and conclusion; References; Appendix; 9. Diagnostic news delivery: A microanalysis of the use of shields; 1. Introduction; 2. Breaking bad news: The SPIKES protocol; 3. Diagnostic news delivery: The use of shields; 4. The study: Aim, corpus and method; 5. Findings: Sample cases; 6. Conclusions; References; 10. Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings; 1. Introduction; 2. Therapeutic Community Monday meetings; 3. Data; 4. Method.

This paper investigates the connection between self-repairs, conversation analytical mechanisms, and the concept of certainty in Romanian academic meetings. The focus is on the design of turn(s) in which the chair and the other participants provide feedback on a piece of writing. The data reveal that at the turn design level, through self-repairs (namely replacing, deleting, reformatting, inserting), the speakers employ several lexical and grammatical items in order to communicate different degrees of certainty.

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