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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2010.31.7.785

Understanding of the Linguistic Features of Earth Science Treatises: Register Analysis Approach  

Maeng, Seung-Ho (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University)
Shin, Myung-Hwan (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
Cha, Hyun-Jung (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
Ham, Seok-Jin (Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Korea Military Academy)
Shin, Hyeon-Jeong (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
Kim, Chan-Jong (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.31, no.7, 2010 , pp. 785-797 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study identified the linguistic features of Earth science treatises through the analysis of the register. Data included three Korean treatises that were in geology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. The register of Earth science treatise was as follows: First, there were semantic, referential connections between Themes and Rhemes, that the messages and main points of the texts were expressed coherently and cohesively. Second, some predicates were used which were related to deductive inference, abductive inferences, or causal relation according to the genre elements of each text. The logical relations were not represented by the conjunctions but by the types of predicates. Third, most texts in the treatises showed interpersonally weak relationship using mental predicates related to possibilities, which meant scientists expressed indirectly their interpretation, explanation, or arguments. From these results, we argued that some activities of unpacking the language of science be included in science curriculum in order to improve students' literacy of science texts and understanding scientists' knowledge construction.
Keywords
science treatise; register; language of science; literacy of science texts;
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