Mathematics communication: Significance and ABCs of Math Language

Mathematics communication: Significance and ABCs of Math Language


The vocabulary and symbols of mathematics have been drawn from many different alphabets unique to its narration, discourses, communication and development. For example a mathematical equation with symbols may be stated in words to form a sentence that has a noun, a verb, a proposition, a conjunction  and logical connectors just like a sentence in a spoken language. Since, mathematics is purely man-made area of learning with its own universally accepted symbols, their common meanings, syntax, and grammar, it has implications for maths instruction, research and communication.

ABCs of Language of Mathematics

A: Aptness in communication of mathematics in spoken and reading forms with sound vocabulary-terminology base; proficiency with numbers, symbols of operations; words, sentences; grammar of mathematical statements, comprehension skills, and explanation of shapes, equations and formulas

B: Basics of literacy should be linked to numeracy for transition towards mathematization of narration and discourses on the mathematics as a discipline delivered through a sequence of logically linked syntactic propositions

C: Communication of mathematics with international rules to be understood objectively with logic to make transition to mathematical symbols from the language that is possible when mathematical grammar and syntax are mastered


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