Overview

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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Author:   Dr. Kay O'Halloran
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780826468574

ISBN 10:   0826468578
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 December 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. Mathematics as a Multisemiotic Discourse 2. Evolution of the Semiotics of Mathematics 3. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Mathematical Language 4. The Grammar of Mathematical Symbolism 5. The Grammar of Mathematical Visual Images 6. Intersemiosis: Meaning Across Language, Visual Images and Symbolism 7. Mathematical Constructions of Reality

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Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal, vol 89, No. 1 'O'Halloran uses Systematic Functional Grammar and communicative principles put forward by M.A. K. Halliday to account for the multifaceted aspects of mathematics'

Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal, vol 89, No. 1 'O'Halloran uses Systematic Functional Grammar and communicative principles put forward by M.A. K. Halliday to account for the multifaceted aspects of mathematics'

Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal, vol 89, No. 1 <p>'O'Halloran uses Systematic Functional Grammar and communicative principles put forward by M.A. K. Halliday to account for the multifaceted aspects of mathematics'

Author Information

Dr Kay O'Halloran is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, and Director of the Multimodal Analysis Lab in the Interactive & Digital Media Institute (IMI) at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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