Text Linguistics - The How and Why of Meaning - M.A.K. Halliday †

Text Linguistics - The How and Why of Meaning - M.A.K. Halliday †

1. Functions and components of language

Text Linguistics - The How and Why of Meaning - M.A.K. Halliday †

M.A.K. Halliday † [+-]
University of Sydney (Emeritus)
M.A.K. Halliday, who died in April 2018, was born in Yorkshire in 1925. He was trained in Chinese for war service with the British army; studied in China, taught Chinese in Britain for a number of years, then moved into linguistics, becoming in 1965 Professor of General Linguistics at University College London. In 1975 he was appointed Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, where he remained until his retirement.
Jonathan J. Webster [+-]
City University of Hong Kong
Professor Jonathan Webster is Honorary Professor at Macquarie University, and Professor at the City University of Hong Kong (retired). He was the Director of The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (2005-2021), and Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong (2005-2011). Professor Jonathan Webster is the Founding Editor for Linguistics and the Human Sciences published by Equinox, and Managing Editor for WORD. Professor Jonathan Webster is also the Editor of 36 books on topics in Systemic Functional Linguistics.

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1.1 The functions of language 1.2 The components of a grammar 1.3 Summary

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Halliday, M.A.K. ; Webster, Jonathan J. . 1. Functions and components of language. Text Linguistics - The How and Why of Meaning. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 1-23 Nov 2014. ISBN 9781904768487. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25765. Date accessed: 28 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25765. Nov 2014

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