TITLE:
Theories of Pedagogic Codes and Knowledge Structures and Their Development
AUTHORS:
Jiangping Zhou
KEYWORDS:
Code Theory, Legitimate Code Theory, Semantic Density, Semantic Gravity, Grammatical Metaphor
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.8,
August
17,
2020
ABSTRACT: This paper profiles the pathway from Bernstein’s
code theory and knowledge structure to Halliday’s grammatical metaphor. It
firstly delineates the theorizing of code theory and knowledge structure, and
subsequently describes the process of associating itself with Karl Maton’s
legitimate code theory. Finally, drawing upon the semantic dimension of legitimate
code theory, that is, semantic density and semantic gravity, Halliday’s
grammatical metaphor is expounded sociologically.