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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Webster, Jonathan, 1955- editor.

Series:

Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018. 2002 ; Works. v. 3.

Collected works of M.A.K. Halliday v. 3

Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2004.

Language Note:

English

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 sections: the place of linguistics as a discipline; linguistics and language; and language as social semiotic. In addition, there is a new work 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'."--Bloomsbury Publishing

The third volume in the collected works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday, On Language and Linguistics, includes eighteen chapters exploring different aspects of language from a systemic functional perspective. These are organized into three sections: the place of linguistics as a discipline; linguistics and language; and language as social semiotic. In addition, there is a new work from Professor Halliday, entitled 'The architecture of 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:

pt. one. The place of linguistics as a discipline

pt. two. Linguistics and language

pt. three. Language as social semiotic

Introduction: on the "architecture" of human language

Professor M. A. K. Halliday

Section One: The Place of Linguistics as a Discipline

Editor's Introduction

1. Syntax and the Consumer

2. Grammar, Society and the Noun

3. The Context of Linguistics

4. Ideas about Language

5. Language and the Order of Nature

6. New Ways of Meaning: the challenge to applied linguistics

Section Two: Linguistics and Language

7. A Brief Sketch of Systemic Grammar

8. Systemic Background

9. Systemic Grammar and the Concept of a "Science of Language"

10. Language in a Changing World

11. A Recent View of "Missteps" in Linguistic Theory

12. Linguistics as Metaphor

13. Is the Grammar Neutral? Is the Grammarian Neutral?

Section Three: Language as Social Semiotic

14. The Functional Basis of Language

15. Towards a Sociological Semantics

16. The History of a Sentence

17. The Act of Meaning

18. On Language in Relation to the Evolution of Human Consciousness

Appendix: Systemic Theory

Notes:

First published in 2003, reprinted 2004

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786611298470

9781474211932

1474211933

9781281298478

1281298476

9781847143372

1847143377

OCLC:

229364378