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Language in a Social Perspective
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Halliday, M. A. K. – Educational Review, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Linguistic Theory, Social Structure, Sociolinguistics
Linguistic Perspectives on Literacy: A Systemic-Functional Approach.
Halliday, M. A. K. – 1990
Literacy is examined from the viewpoint of systemic linguistics. It is proposed that "literacy" means intervening in the social processes by working with written language, and this can not be accomplished by an individual alone. "Using written language" can not be isolated from "using language." While sociologically,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Linguistic Theory, Literacy
La base fonctionnelle du langage (The Functional Basis of Language)
Halliday, M. A. K. – Langages, 1974
Theories about language functions, the ways in which language is used, are discussed. (Text is in French.) (PMP)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Languages, Linguistic Theory
Aims and Perspectives in Linguistics. Occasional Papers Number 1.
Halliday, M. A. K. – 1977
The chapters in this book originated as open lectures and each reflects the occasion on which it was presented. The three chapters are: "Grammar, Society, and the Noun"; "The Context of Linguistics"; and "Ideas about Language." Chapters 1 and 3 were given as inaugural lectures that celebrated the foundation of new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Explorations in the Functions of Language.
Halliday, M. A. K. – 1973
The five papers included in this book are all concerned with exploring a functional approach to language study. "Relevant Models of Language" suggests a functional interpretation of the child's early language development; "The Functional Basis of Language" related the child's language developmental functions to a functional…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
The Place of Dialogue in Children's Construction of Meaning.
Halliday, M. A. K. – 1990
From the beginning of life, a child's acts of meaning are joint constructions, enacted through dialogue between himself and a significant other by reference to whom he is achieving a personal identity. When the child begins to control his material environment, he begins the transition to systematic symbolic construction. At the same time, he is…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
New Ways of Meaning: A Challenge to Applied Linguistics.
Halliday, M. A. K. – 1990
Language policy and planning has become a major concern of applied linguistics. Most language planning is institutional and not systemic, planning not the forms of the language but the relationship between the language and the individuals who use it. Institutional language planning, policy formation, provides the context for systemic language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach
Learning How to Mean--Explorations in the Development of Language.
Halliday, M. A. K. – 1975
This book describes how the child acquires a linguistic system before he is capable of verbal utterances or has developed the ability to structure language in a meaningful way. The first chapter of the book contains a discussion of previous language development studies on learning the mother tongue and proposes a hypothesis of language development…
Descriptors: Child Language, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Acquisition