Impact of linguistics in mathematical learning

Language and linguistics are considered to be part of a social activity. A very challenging view of a biocentric language may become the backbone for the development of an ecologically sensitive lexicon and grammar in education, be it primary, secondary, or tertiary. As a powerful cognitive resource, language is responsive to the intellectual and social needs of a community. Students learn not only the language of their home communities but also specific varieties of that language appropriate to various social settings. Students' linguistic abilities play an important role in their mathematical learning and conceptual processing. Achievement in mathematics is influenced by the student's proficiency in the language of instruction. Mathematical language has its own vocabulary, syntax, semantic and discourse properties. Ecology of language plays a significant role in mathematical learning. In this paper an attempt has been made to find this role.