Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy & Culture) - Hardcover

Halliday, M.A.K.; Martin, J. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822911809 ISBN 13: 9780822911807

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993

Synopsis

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 teaching in English for special and academic purposes and students in higher education with an interest in science and literacy.

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Review

Brings together and thus summarizes two important lines of investigation and theoretical innovation within systemic linguistics for dealing with the language of science. " ARIS Bulletin"" "Brings together and thus summarizes two important lines of investigation and theoretical innovation within systemic linguistics for dealing with the language of science." "--ARIS Bulletin"

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822911809
• ISBN 13: 9780822911807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 283