Description: Mathematical Discourse Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Language, Symbolism and Visual Images Author(s): Kay O'Halloran Format: Hardback Language: English Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN-13: 9780826468574, 978-0826468574 Synopsis This book examines mathematical discourse from the perspective of Michael Halliday's social semiotic theory. In this approach, mathematics is conceptualized as a multisemiotic discourse involving language, visual images and symbolism. The book discusses the evolution of the semiotics of mathematical discourse, and then, proceeds to examine the grammar of mathematical symbolism, the grammar of mathematical visual images, intersemiosis between language, visual images and symbolism and the subsequent ways in which mathematics orders reality. The focus of this investigation is written mathematical texts. The aims of the book are to understand the semantic realm of mathematics and to appreciate the metaphorical expansions and simultaneous limitations of meaning in mathematical discourse. The book is intended for linguists, semioticians, social scientists and those interested in mathematics and science education. In addition, the close study of the multisemiotic mature of mathematics has implications for other studies adopting a social semiotic approach to multimodality.
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Book Title: Mathematical Discourse
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Mathematical Discourse: Language, Symbolism and Visual Images
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Mathematics
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 510 g
Subject Area: Data Analysis
Author: Dr. Kay O'halloran
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
