Jing Hao

Analysing Scientific Discourse from A Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective (eBook, ePUB)

A Framework for Exploring Knowledge Building in Biology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume challenges and extends previous approaches from systemic functional linguistics to understand the language of science and knowledge building from a linguistic perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351241038
• Artikelnr.: 58546587

Autorenporträt

Jing Hao is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgements xiii
SECTION I
Motivation and Background 1
1 A Linguistic Perspective on Knowledge-Building 3
2 A Multistratal Perspective on Knowledge-Building 23
SECTION II
Describing Ideational Discourse Semantics 53
3 Entity 55
4 Dimensionality 80
5 Figure 91
6 Grammatical Metaphor 114
7 Sequence, Activity and Field 145
SECTION III
Knowledge-Building in Undergraduate Biology 163
8 A Static Perspective: Construing Taxonomy 165
9 A Dynamic Perspective: Construing Activities 194
Contents
viii Contents
SECTION IV
Conclusion 225
10 Describing Language, Describing Knowledge 227
Bibliography 241
Appendix A Data Texts and Their Subject Areas 253
Appendix B Sample Texts and Genre Analysis 255
Appendix C List of Symbols and Abbreviations 265
Appendix D Annotations 267
Index 268