03168nam 2200625Ia 450 991045855850332120200520144314.01-281-29848-497866112984871-84714-105-6(CKB)1000000000403858(EBL)436172(OCoLC)437129123(SSID)ssj0000189053(PQKBManifestationID)12074005(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189053(PQKBWorkID)10154407(PQKB)11116998(MiAaPQ)EBC436172(Au-PeEL)EBL436172(CaPaEBR)ebr10224907(OCoLC)893333977(EXLCZ)99100000000040385820031118d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe language of science[electronic resource] /M.A.K. Halliday ; edited by Jonathan J. WebsterNew York ;London Continuum20041 online resource (268 p.)The collected works of M.A.K. Halliday ;v. 5Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-5871-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 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 English7 On the Grammar of Scientific English8 Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power; Bibliography; Index; C; E; L; N; S; T; WThe fifth volume of the collected works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday, The Language of Science explores "the semantic character of scientific discourse". The chapters are organized into two sections, one being on grammatical metaphor; the other dealing with scientific English. In language, there exists the potential for constructing new discourses, among them scientific discourse. The volume opens with a new work from Professor Halliday addressing the question, "How big is a language?" It is a question that goes to the heart of the paradigmatic complexity, or meaning potential, that characterizCollected Works of M.A.K. HallidayCommunication in scienceScienceLanguageElectronic books.Communication in science.ScienceLanguage.501/.4Halliday M. A. K(Michael Alexander Kirkwood),1925-621275Webster Jonathan1955-322531MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458558503321The language of science2051066UNINA