Writing science : literacy and discursive power / M.A.K. Halliday and J.R. Martin.

By:

Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018

Contributor(s):

Martin, J. R, 1950-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Critical perspectives on literacy and educationPublication details: London : Falmer Press, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203209931
9780203209936

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Writing science.DDC classification:

808/.0666 22

LOC classification:

T11 .H35 1993eb

Other classification:

HF 124
HF 143

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Contents:

Chapter 8 The Discourse of Geography: Ordering and Explaining the Experiential WorldChapter 9 Literacy in Science: Learning to Handle Text as Technology; Chapter 10 Technicality and Abstraction: Language for the Creation of Specialized Texts; Chapter 11 Life as a Noun: Arresting the Universe in Science and Humanities; References; Index.

Summary: This book is about the use of language in the science classroom. It discusses the evolution of scientific discourse for learning in secondary schools, and examines the form and function of language across a variety of levels including lexiogrammar, discourse semantics, register, genre and ideology. Special attention is paid to how this knowledge is imparted. It will be of particular interest to educators involved with linguistics and/or science curriculum and teachers of English for special and academic purposes.; It is aimed at teachers of undergraduates in science and literacy, linguists tea.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-280) and index.

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This book is about the use of language in the science classroom. It discusses the evolution of scientific discourse for learning in secondary schools, and examines the form and function of language across a variety of levels including lexiogrammar, discourse semantics, register, genre and ideology. Special attention is paid to how this knowledge is imparted. It will be of particular interest to educators involved with linguistics and/or science curriculum and teachers of English for special and academic purposes.; It is aimed at teachers of undergraduates in science and literacy, linguists tea.

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