Michael Halliday

1925

Halliday; 13 April 1925 – 15 April 2018) was an English-born linguist who developed the internationally influential systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model of language.

1942

In 1942, Halliday volunteered for the national services' foreign language training course.

1945

In 1945 he was brought back to London to teach Chinese.

1954

His seminal paper on this model was published in 1961. Halliday's first academic position was as assistant lecturer in Chinese, at Cambridge University, from 1954 to 1958.

1958

His seminal paper on this model was published in 1961. Halliday's first academic position was as assistant lecturer in Chinese, at Cambridge University, from 1954 to 1958.

In 1958 he moved to Edinburgh, where he was lecturer in general linguistics until 1960, and reader from 1960 to 1963.

1960

In 1958 he moved to Edinburgh, where he was lecturer in general linguistics until 1960, and reader from 1960 to 1963.

1961

His seminal paper on this model was published in 1961. Halliday's first academic position was as assistant lecturer in Chinese, at Cambridge University, from 1954 to 1958.

Once these dichotomies had been set up, the problem arose of locating and maintaining the boundaries between them." ==Studies of grammar== === Fundamental categories === Halliday's first major work on grammar was "Categories of the theory of grammar", in the journal Word in 1961.

1963

In 1958 he moved to Edinburgh, where he was lecturer in general linguistics until 1960, and reader from 1960 to 1963.

From 1963 to 1965 he was the director of the Communication Research Centre at University College, London.

1964

During 1964, he was also Linguistic Society of America Professor, at Indiana University.

1965

From 1963 to 1965 he was the director of the Communication Research Centre at University College, London.

From 1965 to 1971 he was professor of linguistics at UCL.

1971

From 1965 to 1971 he was professor of linguistics at UCL.

1972

In 1972–73 he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences, Stanford, and in 1973–74 professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois.

1973

In 1972–73 he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences, Stanford, and in 1973–74 professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois.

London: Edward Arnold, 1973. Halliday, M.A.K., and C.M.I.M.

1974

In 1974 he briefly moved back to Britain to be professor of language and linguistics at Essex University.

1976

In 1976 he moved to Australia as foundation professor of linguistics at the University of Sydney, where he remained until he retired in 1987.

1979

While at the University of Sydney Halliday founded the Sydney School, a genre-based literacy pedagogy, in 1979 at the Working Conference on Language in Education. Halliday worked in multiple areas of linguistics, both theoretical and applied, and was especially concerned with applying the understanding of the basic principles of language to the theory and practices of education.

1985

Halliday's seminal Introduction to Functional Grammar (first edition, 1985) spawned a new research discipline and related pedagogical approaches.

He has honorary doctorates from University of Birmingham (1987), York University (1988), the University of Athens (1995), Macquarie University (1996), Lingnan University (1999) and Beijing Normal University(2011). He died in Sydney of natural causes on 15 April 2018 at the age of 93. ==Linguistic theory and description== Halliday's grammatical theory and descriptions gained wide recognition after publication of the first edition of his book An Introduction to Functional Grammar in 1985.

1986

Martin, May 1986 Halliday's Collected Papers in 10 volumes Halliday, M.A.K.

1987

In 1976 he moved to Australia as foundation professor of linguistics at the University of Sydney, where he remained until he retired in 1987.

In 1987 he was awarded the status of Emeritus Professor of the University of Sydney and Macquarie University, Sydney.

1994

A second edition was published in 1994, and then a third, in which he collaborated with Christian Matthiessen, in 2004.

2004

A second edition was published in 1994, and then a third, in which he collaborated with Christian Matthiessen, in 2004.

2014

A fourth edition was published in 2014.

2018

Halliday; 13 April 1925 – 15 April 2018) was an English-born linguist who developed the internationally influential systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model of language.

He has honorary doctorates from University of Birmingham (1987), York University (1988), the University of Athens (1995), Macquarie University (1996), Lingnan University (1999) and Beijing Normal University(2011). He died in Sydney of natural causes on 15 April 2018 at the age of 93. ==Linguistic theory and description== Halliday's grammatical theory and descriptions gained wide recognition after publication of the first edition of his book An Introduction to Functional Grammar in 1985.




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