Michael Halliday

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Michael Halliday was a British linguist best known for developing Systemic Functional Linguistics, a theory that emphasizes the social functions of language in context.

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instanceOf academic
linguist
approachEmphasizes functional perspective on grammar
language in context
social functions of language
birthCountry United Kingdom
birthDate 1925-04-13
birthPlace Leeds NERFINISHED
conceptDeveloped language as social semiotic
deathDate 2018-04-15
doctoralAdvisor J. R. Firth NERFINISHED
educatedAt Peking University NERFINISHED
University of Leeds NERFINISHED
University of London
familyName Halliday NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork applied linguistics
linguistics
sociolinguistics
systemic functional linguistics NERFINISHED
fullName Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday NERFINISHED
givenName Michael
influenced Christian Matthiessen NERFINISHED
Jim Martin NERFINISHED
Ruqaia Hasan NERFINISHED
systemic functional linguistics school
influencedBy Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
J. R. Firth NERFINISHED
Karl Bühler NERFINISHED
knownFor Systemic Functional Linguistics NERFINISHED
functional grammar
theory of language as social semiotic
languageStudied Chinese
English NERFINISHED
mainInterest functional grammar
language in social context
nationality British
notableWork An Introduction to Functional Grammar NERFINISHED
Language as Social Semiotic NERFINISHED
Learning How to Mean NERFINISHED
positionHeld Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney
Professor of General Linguistics
spouse Ruqaia Hasan NERFINISHED
theoryDeveloped Systemic Functional Linguistics NERFINISHED
systemic functional grammar
workInstitution University College London NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
University of London NERFINISHED
University of Sydney NERFINISHED

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Roman Jakobson influenced Michael Halliday