The Language of Science (Collected Works of Mak Halliday)

Halliday, M. A. K.

ISBN 10: 0826458718 / ISBN 13: 9780826458711

Published by Continuum, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Language of Science (Collected Works of Mak Halliday)
• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826458718
• ISBN 13: 9780826458711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The 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 characterizes language

About the Authors

M.A.K. Halliday was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney.

Professor Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. He is also the Managing Editor of the International Linguistics Association's journal WORD, and the editor of the forthcoming Journal of World Languages (2014).