@article{Svensson_2019, title={The construction of semantic waves of knowledge-building: High school students´ natural science writing}, volume={59}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/her/article/view/117037}, DOI={10.7146/hjlcb.v59i1.117037}, abstractNote={<p>This paper investigates popular science articles written by Swedish high school students as part of a project aimed at building their knowledge of the content of their natural science curriculum by integrating it with their Swedish language studies. This work, an effort to promote content-area literacy and knowledge-building, was undertaken during their project time. By analyzing the students´ texts, the purpose of the study was to access their value as knowledge-building tools. The analysis of the texts was carried out utilizing Maton´s (2013) theoretical concepts of waves of <em>semantic density </em>and <em>semantic gravity</em>, which are seen as a prerequisite for <em>cumulative knowledge-building. </em>The investigation extends previous studies on semantic waves since it incorporates into the analyses both linguistic features and visual elements. The students were writing in pairs and a total of six texts were analyzed. The text analyses showed three different types of semantic profiles, with four of the texts including features that served as means of cumulative knowledge-building. In a concluding section, some pedagogical implications of the study are considered.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>}, number={1}, journal={HERMES - Journal of Language and Communication in Business}, author={Svensson, Birgitta}, year={2019}, month={Nov.}, pages={139–152} }