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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.
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Systemic functional linguistics ( SFL) is an approach to linguistics, among functional linguistics, [1] that considers language as a social semiotic system. It was devised by Michael Halliday, who took the notion of system from J. R. Firth, his teacher (Halliday, 1961).
Michael Halliday was a language theorist who studied how children learn language. His research stemmed from his son Nigel and how he learned to communicate. Halliday views language as a cultural code that teaches us how to be part of society, rather than simply being a method of communication.
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 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.
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 ...
