title: [Dramatic present tense and the language of event description on death certificate].
abstract: After the completion of a death certificate, the determination of the cause of death has ended. In Finland the event data on the death certificate play a central role in the description of the course of death. Although traditions within the field dictate the mode of expression of patient records, features can be pointed out in the language of these event descriptions that have been regarded as stylistic devices used to enliven stories in other narrative genres. One of these is the dramatic present tense, which presents past events as if they were ongoing at the moment of narration.
authors: Jenni
authors: J
authors: Viinikka
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic