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Direct linkBarwell, Richard – Language and Education, 2005
Mathematics is commonly seen as a discipline with no place for linguistic ambiguity. In this paper, the treatment of ambiguity in two data extracts is critically examined. Analysis draws on two contrasting models of the nature of mathematics and mathematical language. The formal model sees meaning as fixed and relating to language relatively…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Models, Figurative Language, Mathematics
