Accessing academic discourse : systemic functional linguistics and legitimation code theory / edited by J.R. Martin, Karl Maton and Y.J. Doran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, J. R., 1950- editor.

Maton, Karl, editor.

Doran, Yeagan J., editor.

Series:

Legitimation code theory.

Legitimation code theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Systemic grammar.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Language and education.

Educational sociology.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

Academic discourse is the gateway not only to educational success but to worlds of imagination, discovery and accumulated wisdom. Understanding the nature of academic discourse and developing ways of helping everyone access, shape and change this knowledge is critical to supporting social justice. Yet education research often ignores the forms taken by knowledge and the language through which they are expressed. This volume comprises cutting-edge work that is bringing together sociological and linguistic approaches to access academic discourse. Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) is a long-established and widely known approach to understanding language. Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) is a younger and rapidly growing approach to exploring and shaping knowledge practices. Now evermore research and practice are using these approaches together. This volume presentsnew advances from this inter-disciplinary dialogue, focusing on state-of-the-art work in SFL provoked by its productive dialogue with LCT. It showcases work by the leading lights of both approaches, including the foremost scholar of SFL and the creator of LCT. Chapters introduce key ideas from LCT, new conceptual developments in SFL, studies using both approaches, and guidelines for shaping curriculum and pedagogy to support access to academic discourse in classrooms. The book is essential reading for all appliable and educational linguists, as well as scholars and practitioners of education and sociology.

Contents:

Academic discourse: an inter-disciplinary dialogue / J.R. Martin, Karl Maton and Y. J. Doran

Part I. Legitimation code theory: opening ideas

Specialization codes: knowledge, knowers and student success / Karl Maton and Rainbow Tsai-Hung Chen

Semantic waves: context, complexity and academic discourse / Karl Maton

Part II. Systemic functional linguistics: responses to LCT

Revisiting mode: context in/dependency in ancient history classroom discourse / J. R. Martin and Erika Margulis

Revisiting field: specialised knowledge in secondary school science and humanities discourse / J. R. Martin

Part III. Bringing SFL and LCT together to explore knowers and values

Seeing values: axiology and affording attitude in Australia's 'invasion' / Y. J. Doran

Historical events and processes in the discourse of disciplinary history and classroom interaction / Teresa Oteíza

Part IV. Academic discourse in the classroom

Live lectures: the significance of presence in building disciplinary knowledge / Susan Hood

Building a pedagogic metalanguage I: curriculum genres / David Rose

Building a pedagogic metalanguage II: knowledge genres / David Rose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367236083

0367236087

9780367236076

0367236079

OCLC:

1129890865