Publications

Publication details [#48995]

Kondyli, Marianna and Christina Lykou. 2008. Defining and Classifying in Classroom Discourse: Some Evidence From Greek Pre-School Education. Language & Education 22 (6) : 331–344.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classifier | classroom conversation | definition | education | pre-school age

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Using a systemic functional linguistics perspective, this article explores facets of decontextualised language, such as e.g. definitions and classifications, perceived as crucial for educational knowledge development, in Greek pre-school education.