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Article published In: Mapping “Language" in Education: Special issue of the Journal Language, Context and Text 5:2 (2023)
[Language, Context and Text 5:2] 2023
► pp. 386–402

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On the concept of “educational linguistics”

Published online: 4 January 2024
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Abstract
This paper was first presented at a language in education conference and workshop held at Murdoch University, Western Australia in December 1989, convened by Michael O’Toole. The conference was one in a series held annually in universities around Australia during the previous decade. It was designed to promote dialogue between leading scholars and other participants, adopting as its theme “Discipline – Dialogue – Difference”. Halliday’s paper was the opening plenary, and it was responded to by Gunther Kress, whose paper follows in this issue.
Article outline
  • 1.Exploring the synoptic and dynamic perspectives
  • 2.Deepening and extending the “grammatics”
  • 3.Investigating semantic variation
  • 4.Continuing to explore the “higher” strata
  • 5.Working towards a language-based theory of teaching/learning
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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