This paper bases on lexico-grammar resources of modality in Vietnamese doctor’s talk to evaluate polite practices in doctor-patient consultations. Particularly, the purpose of this study is to investigate proportions and realisations of modality patterns in Vietnamese doctor talks and to discuss the meaning of politeness hidden in the language doctor use at the time of consultation. The study not only shows how Vietnamese doctors conduct their own ways to reinforce the new concept of medical consultation – patient-centeredness but also provides explanations of the limitations toward intimacy in consultation practice although a number of slogans such as the necessity of change in medical discourse, the movement in doctor talk are widely applauded in most of the healthcare environment. The data were taken from natural consultations in four general hospitals in Vietnam, which were later categorized into six selected groups of diseases (Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, and Otorhinolaryngology) for the aim of data analyses. The scope of data analysis is mainly on modality forms and the discussion of polite patterns in doctor talks within these diversified contexts of doctor-patient interaction. The theoretical framework used to analyze the discourse of doctor talks in this current study is modality components in the structure of Mood in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). This paper concludes that as the Vietnamese language is always changing, it entails the movement of the language Vietnamese doctors use to communicate with patients at consultations. However, to some extent, the Vietnamese doctor’s language in the current study has expressed its limitation of moving towards informality and politeness practices during consultation.
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Doctor-Patient Consultation, Doctor Talks, Modality, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), Lexico-Grammar Resources
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