Synopses & Reviews
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'. >
Synopsis
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'.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: on the "architecture" of human languageProfessor M. A. K. HallidaySection One: The Place of Linguistics as a DisciplineEditor's Introduction 1. Syntax and the Consumer2. Grammar, Society and the Noun3. The Context of Linguistics4. Ideas about Language5. Language and the Order of Nature6. New Ways of Meaning: the challenge to applied linguisticsSection Two: Linguistics and LanguageEditor's Introduction7. A Brief Sketch of Systemic Grammar8. Systemic Background9. Systemic Grammar and the Concept of a "Science of Language"10. Language in a Changing World11. A Recent View of "Missteps" in Linguistic Theory12. Linguistics as Metaphor13. Is the Grammar Neutral? Is the Grammarian Neutral?Section Three: Language as Social SemioticEditor's Introduction14. The Functional Basis of Language15. Towards a Sociological Semantics16. The History of a Sentence17. The Act of Meaning18. On Language in Relation to the Evolution of Human ConsciousnessAppendix: Systemic Theory