TY - JOUR
T1 - Linguistic methodologies for investigating and representing multiple languages in mathematics education research
AU - Edmonds-Wathen, Cris
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Researching how mathematical expression varies in different languages requires methodologies which allow investigation of languages on their own terms and the presentation of mathematical data in multiple languages. Perspectives and tools from linguistics can assist in identifying and describing mathematical expression in varied languages, particularly those without a school mathematics register. A typological approach, which deals with finding, describing and classifying languages according to their structural similarities and differences, is useful to investigate how a mathematical function or process is performed in different ways in different languages. Interactive structured tasks can elicit rich and targeted mathematical language data, where details of mathematically language are difficult to elicit through direct questions and interviewing. An interlinear morphemic gloss can be used to show more information about the structure of short texts in languages other than the publication language. Such research is an ideal forum for collaboration between mathematics education researchers and linguists.
AB - Researching how mathematical expression varies in different languages requires methodologies which allow investigation of languages on their own terms and the presentation of mathematical data in multiple languages. Perspectives and tools from linguistics can assist in identifying and describing mathematical expression in varied languages, particularly those without a school mathematics register. A typological approach, which deals with finding, describing and classifying languages according to their structural similarities and differences, is useful to investigate how a mathematical function or process is performed in different ways in different languages. Interactive structured tasks can elicit rich and targeted mathematical language data, where details of mathematically language are difficult to elicit through direct questions and interviewing. An interlinear morphemic gloss can be used to show more information about the structure of short texts in languages other than the publication language. Such research is an ideal forum for collaboration between mathematics education researchers and linguists.
KW - mathematical language
KW - educational linguistics
KW - mathematics register
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068909874&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14794802.2019.1615981
DO - 10.1080/14794802.2019.1615981
M3 - Article
SN - 1479-4802
VL - 21
SP - 119
EP - 134
JO - Research in Mathematics Education
JF - Research in Mathematics Education
IS - 2
ER -