Halliday M.A.K., Martin J. Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power

London: The Falmer Press, 1993 — 300 p. — ISBN10: 0750700459; ISBN13: 978-0750700450.This book is about the use of language in the science classroom. It discusses the evolution of scientific discourse for learning in secondary schools, and examines the form and function of language across a variety of levels including lexiogrammar, discourse semantics, register, genre and ideology. Special attention is paid to how this knowledge is imparted. It will be of particular interest to educators involved with linguistics and/or science curriculum and teachers of English for special and academic purposes.; It is aimed at teachers of undergraduates in science and literacy, linguists teaching in English for special and academic purposes and students in higher education with an interest in science and literacy.Introduction: The Discursive Technology of ScienceGeneral Orientation
The ModelProfessional Literacy: Construing NatureOn the Language of Physical Science
Some Grammatical Problems in Scientific English
The Construction of Knowledge and Value in the Grammar of Scientific Discourse: Charles Darwin's The Origin of the Species
Language and the Order of Nature
The Analysis of Scientific Texts in English and ChineseSchool Literacy: Construing KnowledgeThe Discourse of Geography: Ordering and Explaining the Experiential World
Literacy in Science: Learning to Handle Text as Technology
Technicality and Abstraction: Language for the Creation of Specialized Texts
Life as a Noun: Arresting the Universe in Science and Humanities