| Sociocultural reference |
Sociocultural reference tothe linguoculturaltype “eccentric doctor” |
| Indication of the typical appearance, clothes, attributes |
Uses a cane, limps,“doesn’t wear a white coat because people don’t want a sick doctor” (Singer, 2004) |
| Inhabitancy |
Head of diagnostic medicine, New Jersey Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (Singer, 2004) |
| Description of speech, manner of behaviour |
Cynical about patients as they tell lies about the symptoms and circumstances which preceded the disease. His speech is peppered with odd British phrases. For example, “frock” (British) instead of “dress” (American) (Shore, 2006) |
| Ritual action, the sphere of activity |
Works in a team, has three “overqualified doctors that work for him”, uses deductive reasoning methods while making a diagnosis: “Foreman: No antibodies means he doesn’t have Guillain-Barre, period!House: Period? What if he has the virus but isn’t producing those antibodies? ... The treatment isn’t all that dangerous, plasmapheresis and IVIG. If it works, we’re right. If he dies, it was something else”(Keller, 2005). |
| Leisure activity, social circle |
Plays darts, the piano, the guitar, and the harmonica (Singer, 2004). |
| Financial status |
Earns enough to rent a flat |
| Origin |
John House, the man who raised Greg, was serving in active military duty. Dr. House suspects that this man was not his father. |
| Age |
45 (at the beginning of the TV series) “Old mentor”, “Old enough to drink, old enough to do something really stupid and make yourself a baby” (Hunter, 2005). |
