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Mathematical Discourse: Language, Symbolism and Visual Images
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Bloomsbury USA Academic
Publication date November 1, 2008
Pages 226
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781847064219
ISBN-10 1847064213
Dimensions 0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Original list price $55.00
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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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Hardcover
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from Bloomsbury USA Academic (January 30, 2005)
9780826468574 | details & prices | 226 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.12 lbs | List price $216.00
About: This book examines mathematical discourse from the perspective of Michael Halliday's social semiotic theory.
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from Bloomsbury USA Academic (November 1, 2008)
9781847064219 | details & prices | 226 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $55.00
About: This book examines mathematical discourse from the perspective of Michael Halliday's social semiotic theory.

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