This book describes the discourse of biology from a systemic functional linguistic perspective. It offers a detailed description of resources based on text analysis. The description reveals co-textual patterns of language features, their expressions through grammatical resources, as well as their functions in the disciplinary context. The book also applies the description to analyse student texts in undergraduate biology, revealing characteristics of language and knowledge development. Although the discussion in this book focuses on the discourse of biology, both the language description and…mehr
This book describes the discourse of biology from a systemic functional linguistic perspective. It offers a detailed description of resources based on text analysis. The description reveals co-textual patterns of language features, their expressions through grammatical resources, as well as their functions in the disciplinary context. The book also applies the description to analyse student texts in undergraduate biology, revealing characteristics of language and knowledge development. Although the discussion in this book focuses on the discourse of biology, both the language description and the descriptive principle can be used to inform the examination of knowledge in academic discourse in general, making this key reading for students and researchers in systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis, English for academic purposes, applied linguistics, and science education. ¿
Dr Jing Hao is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, following her previous postdoctoral position at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and her doctorate in linguistics at the University of Sydney. Her research explores knowledgebuilding through English and Mandarin Chinese and their interaction with other semiotic modes.
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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
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
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