Journal article
Metaphoric language and the articulation of emotions by people affected by motor neurone disease.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the use of metaphoric language to convey emotion in interviews with people affected by motor neurone disease, a progressive neurological condition that sits between chronic and terminal illness. METHODS: Secondary analysis of 46 interviews with people affected by motor neurone disease in the United Kingdom (35 individuals with the condition, 11 carers). RESULTS: Metaphor and figurative language was used to communicate the intensely emotional experiences of being diagnos...
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- Journal:
- Chronic illness
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 201-213
- Publication date:
- 2012-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1745-9206
- ISSN:
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1742-3953
- Source identifiers:
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320474
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:320474
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- Local pid:
- pubs:320474
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2012
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