RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Defending and Challenging Interpretations of the Past: The Role of Argument in School History A1 Coffin, Caroline AB The interpretation of experience accompanied by an explicit defenseof, or challenge to, the particular position/s taken up is a social activitythat occurs across a range of contexts. Within the context of schoolinga range of generic forms and language resources have evolved to realisesuch activity. This article focuses on the types of text and the rangeof language resources that are available within school history and whichserve to construct and defend —or counter— interpretations of the past.Using the tools of systemic functional linguistics, the article examinesthree “genres” or types of text —the argument, discussion and challenge. PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna SN e-2530-8335 YR 2000 FD 2000 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/30195 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/30195 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 06-oct-2024