Towards a framework of socio-linguistic analysis of science textbooks: The greek case

Research in Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 173-195

  Dimopoulos, Kostas ^a   Koulaidis, Vasilis ^a   Sklaveniti, Spyridoula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification; Formality; Framing; Pedagogic messages; School science textbooks; Socio linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444441711     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-004-8162-z     Document Type: Article

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