Language and Communication in Mathematics Education

1. Introduction. - 2. Fifty years of language data in mathematics education: A brief history.- 3. Explaining as mathematical discursive practices of navigating through different epistemic fields.- 4. Subject-specific academic language versus mathematical discourse.- 5. Authority and politeness: Complementary analyses of mathematics teaching episodes.- 6. The interplay of language and objects in the process of abstracting.- 7. Interactional processes in inclusive mathematics teaching.- 8. How learners communicate their mathematics reasoning in a mathematics discourse.- 9. "I am sorry. I did not understand you": The learning of dialogue by prospective teachers.- 10. Dealing with function word problems: Identifying and interpreting verbal representations.- 11. 4-year-old language repertoire in a counting situation.- 12. Making student explanations relevant in whole class discussion.- 13. A teacher's use of revoicing in mathematical discussions.- 14. Podcasts insecond language math teaching as an instrument for measuring teachers' language awareness.- 15. The meaning of 'number' in Kaiabi language: Indigenous teachers' identity discourses in a multilingual setting.- 16. The use of language in the construction of the natural number meaning.- 17. Exploring how a grade 7 teacher promotes mathematical reasoning in multilingual mathematics class of English second language.- 18. Identity fostered language communication in a mathematics classroom: An analysis.- 19. Recommendations for research on language and learning mathematics.