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where the imperative as a grammatical mood relates the situation
mentioned in the clause to the conceptualization of the communicative
situation such as in example (38):
(38) If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.Also other deictic elements such as personal pronouns and adverbs are
used to conceptualize the situation described in relation to another. In
example (39) the second person you identifies the patient as
communicative participant, whereas the third-person pronouns them, their
identify participants as not actively participating in the communicative
process:
(39) This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as
yours.Adverbs such as here, now, there, and then fulfill the same function
(example 40):
(40) If you forget to take a dose, do not worry. Take it as soon as you
remember, then carry on as before.In SmPCs, by contrast, only a restricted number of modes occur such
as indirect imperatives. For example, the past participle construction is
contraindicated in example (41) indirectly relates the situation described
to the actual situation:
(41) The concomitant use of Telmisartan Teva Pharma with aliskiren-
containing products is contraindicated in patients with [...]Similarity
Finally, as suggested by Verhagen (2006: 51) similarity, contrast (e.g.
negation) and scalarity (e.g. comparison) are another means to help
understanding one conceptualization in relation to another. The following
examples illustrate how similarity (like in examples (42) and (43); such as
in example (45)), contrast (not in examples (42), (44) and (45)), and
scalarity (more than 3 months in example (44); severe liver disease in
example (45)) are established in the PIL under investigation:
(42) Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not
everybody gets them.