preface
a timeless journey: on the past and future
      of present knowledge
section 1  some language-society relations
     language and society in a systemic functional perspective
     code, register and social dialect
     what kind of resource is language?
section 2  learning and teaching: 'socio/linguistic
     aspects
     the ontogenesis of ideology: an interpretation of
           mother child talk
     questions as a mode of learning in everyday talk
     reading picture reading: a study in ideology and inference
     semiotic mediation and mental development in pluralistic
           societies: some implications for tomorrow's schooling