Evidentiality in doctors' talk : a discourse analysis of "the good doctor" TV series-season one

Abstract EN

When we speak our discourse very often involves obtaining, evaluating and analyzing information drawn from a variety of sources.

This applies to all professional registers with no exceptions at all.

Thus, in a hospital setting doctors assess and act upon information that varies in terms of both reliability and the extent to which it may be directly perceived.

In this article, the main aim is to show how doctors in the TV series The Good Doctor use evidentiality terms to construct frameworks of credibility and responsibility that both underlie and enable medical work.

Results show that doctors mostly use direct evidentiality terms as they express their credibility through their senses