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Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (1925-2018) was an iconic figure in the field of linguistics and the pioneer responsible for the development of systemic functional linguistics (SFL). The impact of his work extends beyond linguistics, into the study of stylistics, computation linguistics, visual narrative and multimodal communication and he was a founder of the field of social semiotics. Written by leading figures in the field, The Bloomsbury Companion to M. A. K. Halliday provides readers with an authoritative overview of Halliday's early career, his most important theoretical findings and how his work influenced the development of linguistics as a discipline. This paperback edition features a new chapter exploring his theory of verbal art and verbal science and the metaphor-making potential available in language, the final contribution to the field of one of the world's leading and most influential linguists.

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Author:   Jonathan J. Webster (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.812kg
ISBN:  

9781350092501

ISBN 10:   1350092509
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   21 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Halliday's Life 1. Michael Alexander Kirkwood (M.A.K.) Halliday - A Brief Biography, Jonathan J. Webster (City University of Hong Kong) Part II: Halliday: The Making of a Mind 2. The 'History of Ideas' and Halliday's Natural Science of Meaning, David G. Butt (Macquarie University, Australia) 3. Halliday in China: Legacies and Advances from LUO, WANG and Beyond, Peng Xuanwei (Beijing Normal University, China) 4. 'Socially Realistic Linguistics': The Firthian Tradition, Braj B. Kachru (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) 5. The Influence of Marxism, M.A.K. Halliday (University of Sydney, Australia) 6. Systemic Functional Linguistics: Halliday and the Evolution of a Social Semiotic, Ruqaiya Hasan (Macquarie University, Australia) Part III: Halliday: Ideas about Language 7. Halliday on Language, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 8. Halliday's Conception of Language as a Probabilistic System, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 9. Language Development in Early Childhood: Learning How to Mean, Jane Torr (Macquarie University, Australia) 10. Halliday the Grammarian: Axial Foundations, Jim R. Martin (University of Sydney, Australia) 11. Intonation, Bradley A. Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia) and William S. Greaves (York University, Canada) 12. Text Linguistics, Jonathan J. Webster (City University of Hong Kong) 13. Halliday as an International Educator, Geoff Williams (University of British Columbia, Canada) 14. A Linguistics of Style: Halliday on Literature, Annabelle Lukin (Macquarie University, Australia) Part IV: Directions of Development from Halliday 15. Halliday's Three Functions and Their Interaction in the Interpretation of Painting and Music, Michael O’Toole (Murdoch University, Australia) 16. Multimodal Semiosis and Semiotics, Kay L. O'Halloran, Marissa K.L.E. and Sabine Tan (National University of Singapore) 17. Halliday’s Contributions to a Theory of Translation, Erich Steiner (University of Saarland, Germany) 18. Halliday in Relation to Language Comparison and Typology, Kazuhiro Teruya and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 19. Computational Linguistics: The Halliday Connection, John Bateman (University of Bremen, Germany) and Mike O’Donnell (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) 20. From the workbench: the 'knight's move' in Halliday’s long conversation between verbal art and verbal science, Jonathan J. Webster (City University of Hong Kong) and David Butt Index

Reviews

Presents enlightening surveys of Halliday's studies in some specific research areas ... [and] collects inspiring discussions on the directions of SFL's future development ... In sum, the volume will be welcomed as indispensable reading. -- Journal of Linguistics Webster must be congratulated on his impressive editorial work. The book will serve as a truly important guide to Halliday and Halliday's theories in the second decade of the 21st century. -- Functions of Language

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Professor Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Professor M. A. K. Halliday was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia and one of the world's most renowned linguists. He passed away in 2018.

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