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标题：The role of mathematics in physics: Building knowledge and describing the empirical world
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作者：Y. J. Doran
期刊名称：Onomázein
印刷版ISSN：0717-1285
电子版ISSN：0718-5758
出版年度：2017
页码：209-226
语种：English
出版社：Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
其他摘要：This paper considers why mathematics is used in physics. It traces the use of mathe - matics in physics through primary school, junior high school and senior high school in NSW, Australia, considering its role from the point of view of Systemic Functional Linguistics and Legitimation Code Theory. To understand the development of mathematics, two genres that play differing roles in the discipline of physics are introduced: ‘derivation’ and ‘quantifica - tion’. Through an analysis using the concepts of semantic density and semantic gravity from Legitimation Code Theory, these genres are shown to aid physics in developing new knowl - edge and linking its theory to the empirical world. This paper contributes to the growing body of research considering forms of knowledge in academic disciplines and the role of non-lin - guistic semiotic resources in organizing this knowledge.
其他关键词：Mathematics; physics; semantic density; semantic gravity; genre; Systemic Functional Linguistics; Legitimation Code Theory.