LEADER 03139nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910784869703321 005 20230124182438.0 010 $a1-281-29848-4 010 $a9786611298487 010 $a1-84714-105-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403858 035 $a(EBL)436172 035 $a(OCoLC)437129123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189053 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12074005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189053 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10154407 035 $a(PQKB)11116998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436172 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224907 035 $a(OCoLC)893333977 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403858 100 $a20031118d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe language of science$b[electronic resource] /$fM.A.K. Halliday ; edited by Jonathan J. Webster 210 $aNew York ;$aLondon $cContinuum$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 225 1 $aThe collected works of M.A.K. Halliday ;$vv. 5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-5871-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 English 327 $a7 On the Grammar of Scientific English8 Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power; Bibliography; Index; C; E; L; N; S; T; W 330 $aThe fifth volume of the collected works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday, The Language of Science explores "the semantic character of scientific discourse". The chapters are organized into two sections, one being on grammatical metaphor; the other dealing with scientific English. In language, there exists the potential for constructing new discourses, among them scientific discourse. The volume opens with a new work from Professor Halliday addressing the question, "How big is a language?" It is a question that goes to the heart of the paradigmatic complexity, or meaning potential, that characteriz 410 0$aCollected Works of M.A.K. Halliday 606 $aCommunication in science 606 $aScience$xLanguage 615 0$aCommunication in science. 615 0$aScience$xLanguage. 676 $a501/.4 700 $aHalliday$b M. A. K$g(Michael Alexander Kirkwood),$f1925-2018.$0975722 701 $aWebster$b Jonathan$f1955-$0322531 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784869703321 996 $aThe language of science$93686880 997 $aUNINA