On language and linguistics / M.A.K. Halliday ; edited by Jonathan Webster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018.

Contributor:

Webster, Jonathan, 1955-

Series:

Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018. Works ; v.3.

The collected works of M.A.K. Halliday ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

xi, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Summary:

For nearly half a century, Professor M. A. K. Halliday has been enriching the discipline of linguistics with his keen insights into the social semiotic phenomenon we call language. This ten-volume series presents the seminal works of Professor Halliday. This third volume includes papers that explore different aspects of language from a systemic functional perspective. The papers are organized into three parts: the place of linguistics as a discipline; linguistics and language; and language as social semiotic. In addition, there is a new piece from Professor Halliday, entitled 'On the "architecture" of human language', in which he focuses on the assumptions or working hypotheses that enabled him to explore important questions about this massive semiotic power called 'language'.

Contents:

Introduction: On the "architecture" of human language / Professor M. A. K. Halliday 1

Part 1 The Place of Linguistics as a Discipline

1 Syntax and the consumer (1964) 36

2 Grammar, society and the noun (1966) 50

3 The context of linguistics (1975) 74

4 Ideas about language (1977) 92

5 Language and the order of nature (1987) 116

6 New ways of meaning: the challenge to applied linguistics (1990) 139

Part 2 Linguistics and Language

7 A brief sketch of systemic grammar (1969) 180

8 Systemic background (1985) 185

9 Systemic grammar and the concept of a "science of language" (1992) 199

10 Language in a changing world (1993) 213

11 A recent view of "missteps" in linguistic theory (1995) 232

12 Linguistics as metaphor (1997) 248

13 Is the grammar neutral? Is the grammarian neutral? (2001) 271

Part 3 Language as Social Semiotic

14 The functional basis of language (1973) 298

15 Towards a sociological semantics (1972) 323

16 The history of a sentence (1992) 355

17 The act of meaning (1992) 375

18 On language in relation to the evolution of human consciousness (1995) 390

Appendix Systemic theory (1994) 433.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826458696

OCLC:

52658353