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Children’s use of modality in problem solving

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-24, 16:48 authored by Carol MurphyCarol Murphy
From a pragmatic viewpoint, language has evolved because of its functions in making meaning out of a given environment (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004). The primary tense expresses what is present at the time of speaking, for example ‘it is’ or ‘it isn’t’; whereas modality expresses certainty or possibility, for example ‘it has to be’ or ‘it can be.’ Although the study of pragmatics in mathematics language has been carried out (e.g. Rowland, 2000), children’s use of modality has not been studied, even though much mathematical language relies on the use of modality both deontic (the necessity or possibility of acts) and epistemic (the speaker’s beliefs).

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Educati

Volume

6

Editors

P Liljedahl, C Nicol, S Oesterle, D Allan

Pagination

181

ISSN

0771-100X

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Place of publication

Czech Republic

Event title

38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Event Venue

Vancouver, Canada

Date of Event (Start Date)

2014-07-15

Date of Event (End Date)

2014-07-20

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Learner and learning not elsewhere classified

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