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Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (often M. A. K. Halliday; 13 April 1925 – 15 April 2018) was a British linguist who developed the internationally influential systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model of language.
Michael Halliday, British linguist, teacher, and proponent of neo-Firthian theory who viewed language basically as a social phenomenon. In his early work, he devised four categories (unit, structure, class, and system) and three scales (rank, exponence, and delicacy) to describe language.
It was devised by Michael Halliday, who took the notion of system from J. R. Firth, his teacher (Halliday, 1961). Firth proposed that systems refer to possibilities subordinated to structure; Halliday "liberated" choice from structure and made it the central organising dimension of SFL.
Apr 10, 2014 · This paper gives a brief overview of the development of Michael Halliday’s work in Systemic Functional Linguistics over the last sixty years and recalls some anecdotes relating to the research projects he directed at University College London in the 1960s.
Professor Michael Halliday opened the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney in 1976. He was a major theoretical linguist who, unlike many other theoretical linguists, had a strong interest in the teaching of language in schools.
Dec 1, 2018 · The tribute below commemorates the life and work of Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday by offering a brief biographical sketch, by reviewing his work in terms of key concepts and methodological development, and by highlighting his perspective on the dialectical relationship between theory and application, so fundamental for his approach to ling...
Jul 12, 2013 · Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar, Fourth Edition, is the standard reference text for systemic functional linguistics and an ideal introduction for students and scholars interested in the relation between grammar, meaning and discourse.
Systemic functional grammar (SFG) is a form of grammatical description originated by Michael Halliday. It is part of a social semiotic approach to language called systemic functional linguistics.
Apr 19, 2018 · While Professor of Linguistics at Sydney, Michael built up the Department, developing an undergraduate pass and honours program and the first Master of Applied Linguistics program in the Southern Hemisphere; and he played a key role in attracting an energetic cohort of PhD students.
Sep 22, 2016 · By observing how a human infant develops his own protolanguage, Halliday is able to show that a child not only uses language to express, but also to act, the two functions corresponding to what he calls the ideational and interpersonal metafunctions of language.
