Reading Science : Critical and Functional Perspectives on Discourses of Science
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415167906
ISBN-13
9780415167901
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 12th, 1998
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
734 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 16.00 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
LanguagePsychology
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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.
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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