Doctor - patient conversation is not only the typical way for both two parties to exchange information and establish the interpoersonal relationship, but also the important situation for constructing identity and affecting doctor - patient relationship. Under the framework of constructivist identity theory, the identities of doctor and patient are constructed in communication interaction rather than predetermination, and are the resuhs of negotiation and co -construction between the two parties. This paper analyzed the linguistic forms of docto...
