Analysing Scientific Discourse from A Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective

Dr Jing Hao is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, following her previous postdoctoral position at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and her doctorate in linguistics at the University of Sydney. Her research explores knowledgebuilding through English and Mandarin Chinese and their interaction with other semiotic modes.

• List of Figures ixList of Tables xiAcknowledgements xiiiSECTION IMotivation and Background 11 A Linguistic Perspective on Knowledge-Building 32 A Multistratal Perspective on Knowledge-Building 23SECTION IIDescribing Ideational Discourse Semantics 533 Entity 554 Dimensionality 805 Figure 916 Grammatical Metaphor 1147 Sequence, Activity and Field 145SECTION IIIKnowledge-Building in Undergraduate Biology 1638 A Static Perspective: Construing Taxonomy 1659 A Dynamic Perspective: Construing Activities 194Contentsviii ContentsSECTION IVConclusion 22510 Describing Language, Describing Knowledge 227Bibliography 241Appendix A Data Texts and Their Subject Areas 253Appendix B Sample Texts and Genre Analysis 255Appendix C List of Symbols and Abbreviations 265Appendix D Annotations 267Index 268