Halliday, M.A.K.
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Cohesion is a semantic notion that refers to non-structural text-forming meaning inherent in relations of connectedness which may or may not be linguistically coded. It is the means by which one element is construed by reference to... more
The literature on cohesive devices is marked with evident dearth in studies that consider the context-text ties. The current paper attempts to fill this gap, and, therefore, combat an idealised 'villain' in research, which is confining... more
Halliday’s description of register as ‘a variety of language, corresponding to a variety of situation’, with situation interpreted ‘by means of a conceptual framework using the terms “field”, “tenor” and “mode”’ (Halliday, 1985/89: 29,... more
This paper aims to examine the character type of the main character in “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green. It also aims to unfold the development of the character type through analyzing the text’s linguistic features in the light of... more
This paper focusses on the concept of ‘grammatical metaphor’ as it has been introduced in the framework of systemic functional linguistics. It first explains ‘metaphor’ in general, as it is traditionally known, and renames this, following... more
The ontological resonance between Peirce and Vygotsky is an area of increasing interest within cultural-historical activity theory, arguably deserving of considered scrutiny and elucidation. Premised on conceptual pluralism and variance... more
In this paper I talk about aspects of Michael Halliday's approach to language and communication that are important to all linguists, but have been overlooked in some other approaches. These include the recognition of the linguistic... more
This paper focusses on the concept of ‘grammatical metaphor’ as it is conceived of in the framework of systemic functional linguistics. After an illustration of major subtypes of grammatical metaphor, the concept is explained in relation... more
This paper focusses on the conception of the interface between syntax and semantics in the precursory and early stages of the development of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) by M.A.K. Halliday. In SFG this interface is theorized within... more
The author maintained that the construction of the category "folk" was born out of super-ordinate's essentialist gaze that de-sign-ates otherness in the form of a discipline, “Folklore”. The dichotomous divisions between folk -- non-folk,... more
This is the Original manuscript of my Cohesive Chains in the Transfiguration Narrative of Matthew 17:1-13 before submission to the Open Journal of Modern Linguistics. I obviously prefer this version because the editing processes and... more
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Modern Turkish Poetry, The Poem "Life" (Hayat) by Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Critical Analysis, M.A.K. Halliday, Functional Grammar, Transitivity, Modern Türk Şiiri, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek'in "Hayat" Şiiri, Eleştirel... more
This article presents an overview of the notion of layering in three types of structural-functional grammars. Layering is interpreted in a broad sense to refer to two types of linguistic di¤erentiations: (1) on the one hand, a distinction... more
Charts the history and changing nature of exchanges between SFL and code theory, both Bernstein's framework and more recently Legitimation Code Theory.
Sammanfattning I föreliggagande uppsats undersöks hur språksyn lyser igenom undervisningen i svenska som andraspråk i två nya upplägg i den kommunala skolan. Båda skolformerna är startgrupper för nyanlända invandrare och kallas vanligtvis... more
This paper deals with the concept of grammatical subjecthood, and focuses on different perspectives from which this grammatical function has been defined and described in a number of linguistic schools. Properties that have been assigned... more
This is a early draft of an article that later appeared as: THE STORYTELLER’S TALE: VYGOTSKY’S ‘VRASHCHIVANIYA’, THE ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT AND ‘INGROWING’ IN THE WEEKEND STORIES OF KOREAN CHILDREN David Kellogg ORCID Icon... more
In this paper we present an application of associative lexical cohesion to the analysis of text complexity as determined by expert-assigned US school grade levels. Lexical cohesion in a text is represented as a distribution of pairwise... more
قدَّم البحث مفهومي الاستعارة النحوية والموقفية عند هاليداي، وحلَّل من خلالهما الخطب الثلاثة الأخيرة للرئيس المصري حسني مبارك، وناقش خلال ذلك علاقة هذين المفهومين بقضايا الفاعلية النحوية والمنطقية وتمثيل الفاعل الاجتماعي والهويات... more
This is a presentation I prepared for a special workshop for a think tank by the Jeongyojo in Chuncheon, South Korea.
This article suggests a logico-semantic analysis of Keith Arnatt’s Trouser-Word Piece and Victor Burgin’s Room, based on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s examination of the logical relationship between propositions and the world and M.A.K.... more
A central reason why news discourse is an object of academic research is its potential and actual role in establishing and maintaining ideology. News can do this because it is made of language and other semiotic modalities (Hasan, 1996a).... more
The birth of social semiotics is usually associated with the publication of Michael Halliday’s book “Language as Social Semiotic” (1978). We make an attempt to clarify the time and context of the origin of this discipline and show that... more
Despite the vast amount of research on translation in recent decades, the issue of fictive dialogue has yet to gain prominence in the field. Viewed from a monolingual perspective, dialogue is already problematic in that it defies a... more
En los discursos de asunción de los presidentes, De la Rúa, Rodriguez Saa, Duhalde y Kirchner, hay cuatro posturas distintas respecto a una misma problemática; la deuda. El análisis se concentra en el tópico de la deuda, partiendo desde... more
Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate... more