Reading Science : Critical and Functional Perspectives on Discourses of Science

Name: Reading Science
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415167895
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780415167895

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0415167892

ISBN-13 9780415167895

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 12th, 1998

Print length 380 Pages

Weight 862 grams

Product Classification: Language Language and Linguistics Psychology

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This collection examines science discourse from a number of perspectives, drawing on new rhetoric, functional linguistics and critical theory. The renowned contributors include M.A.K. Halliday, Charles Bazerman and Jay Lemke.

Reading Science looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up scientific understandings of the world. It brings together discourse analysis and critical theory for the first time in a single volume.
This edited collection examines science discourse from a number of perspectives, drawing on new rhetoric, functional linguistics and critical theory. It explores this language in research and industrial contexts as well as in educational settings and in popular science writing and science fiction. The papers also include consideration of the role of images (tables and figures) in science writing and the importance of reading science discourse as multi-modal text.
The internationally renowned contributors include M. A. K. Halliday, Charles Bazerman and Jay Lemke.

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