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Language and Society: Volume 10: v. 10 (Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday) - Softcover

Halliday, M. A.K.

 
9781847065773: Language and Society: Volume 10: v. 10 (Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday)

Synopsis

A major enterprise comparable to a grand retrospective of the painting of some prominent artist of a distinctive school. Roy Harris, Times Literary Supplement. The tenth volume in Professor M.A.K. Halliday's collected works includes papers focusing on Language and Society. The papers provide a framework for understanding the social meaning of language, and the relation of language to other social phenomena. The volume begins with Professor Halliday's ground-breaking work on the users and uses of language. Subsequent chapters are organized around a discussion of sociolinguistic theory, and the relation between language and social class and social structure.

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About the Author

M.A.K. Halliday was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney.

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