Ordering multiple adjectives for naming special prisms and pyramids in the Turkish mathematics language: The case of Ada
Résumé
We characterized a Turkish prospective mathematics teacher’s use of semantic and syntactic
characteristics of nominal groups of words used for naming geometric solids with a focus on
her use of adjectives (e.g., right, triangular) and nouns (prisms and pyramids). An individual
task-based interview with our participant, Ada, enabled us to identify her linguistic awareness
with a focus on the semantic and syntactic features in her noun phrases during the process in
which she provided more special names with denser nominal groups of words (e.g., right prism
with a right triangular base). The results showed that Ada made non-cumulative semantic
characterizations and syntactic changes in her noun phrases in the Turkish mathematics
language, in particular forming subordinated meaning units drawn on unusual combination of
attributes (e.g., ‘oblique triangle’ as in ‘oblique triangle prism’).
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