TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding misunderstandings. Presuppositions and presumptions in doctor-patient chronic care consultations
AU - Macagno, Fabrizio
AU - Bigi, Sarah Francesca Maria
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Pragmatic presupposition is analyzed as grounded on an implicit reasoning process based on a set of presumptions, which can define cultural differences. The basic condition for presupposing a proposition is represented as a reasoning criterion, namely reasonableness. Presuppositions, on this view, need to be reasonable, namely they need to be the reasonable conclusions of an underlying presumptive reasoning, which does not or may not contain contradictions with other presumptions. Presumptions are in turn analyzed considering their nature and their hierarchy, namely their subject matter and their possible contextual backing, which eliminates some of their possible defaults. This analysis of presupposition brings to light the relationship between misunderstandings deriving from presuppositional failures and the underlying system of presumptions. This approach is applied to the investigation of communicative issues within the medical context, and more precisely doctor-patient communication in diabetes cases.
AB - Pragmatic presupposition is analyzed as grounded on an implicit reasoning process based on a set of presumptions, which can define cultural differences. The basic condition for presupposing a proposition is represented as a reasoning criterion, namely reasonableness. Presuppositions, on this view, need to be reasonable, namely they need to be the reasonable conclusions of an underlying presumptive reasoning, which does not or may not contain contradictions with other presumptions. Presumptions are in turn analyzed considering their nature and their hierarchy, namely their subject matter and their possible contextual backing, which eliminates some of their possible defaults. This analysis of presupposition brings to light the relationship between misunderstandings deriving from presuppositional failures and the underlying system of presumptions. This approach is applied to the investigation of communicative issues within the medical context, and more precisely doctor-patient communication in diabetes cases.
KW - Communication
KW - Language and Linguistics
KW - Linguistics and Language
KW - argumentation
KW - intercultural communication
KW - interpretation
KW - misunderstanding
KW - pragmatic presupposition
KW - presumption
KW - Communication
KW - Language and Linguistics
KW - Linguistics and Language
KW - argumentation
KW - intercultural communication
KW - interpretation
KW - misunderstanding
KW - pragmatic presupposition
KW - presumption
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/112319
UR - http://www.degruyter.de/journals/intcultpragm/detailen.cfm
U2 - 10.1515/ip-2017-0003
DO - 10.1515/ip-2017-0003
M3 - Article
SN - 1612-295X
VL - 14
SP - 49
EP - 75
JO - Intercultural Pragmatics
JF - Intercultural Pragmatics
ER -