The language of science /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018
Other Authors: Webster, Jonathan, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.
Series:Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018 Works. 2002 ; v. 5
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: How Big is a Language? On the Power of Language
  • PART ONE: GRAMMATICAL METAPHOR; Editor's Introduction; 1 Language and the Reshaping of Human Experience; 2 Language and Knowledge: the 'Unpacking' of Text; 3 Things and Relations: Regrammaticizing Experience as Technical Knowledge; 4 The Grammatical Construction of Scientific Knowledge: the Framing of the English Clause
  • PART TWO: SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH; Editor's Introduction; 5 On the Language of Physical Science; 6 Some Grammatical Problems in Scientific English; 7 On the Grammar of Scientific English; 8 Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power.