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Language as a Social Semiotic:

The Social Interpretation of Language and Meaning
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University Park Press, 1978 - Education - 256 pages

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This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Halliday's thinking. It's a book I go back to time and time again and each time I get a something more from it.

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Contents
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A sociosemiotic interpretation of language
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theory
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adult language antilanguage antisociety aspects Basil Bernstein behaviour Bernstein child choice clause communication concept context of situation culture defined diatypic discourse distinction educational failure elements encoded English environment example experiential expression fact field functional components functions of language grammar Hence ideational implies individual inter-organism interac interaction interpersonal interpretation Jean Ure kind Labov language development learning lexical lexicogrammatical system linguistic system logical mathematical meaning potential metafunctions metaphor mother tongue nature organization particular patterns perspective phonological protolanguage question reality realization reference relation relevant rhetorical mode role relationships semantic change semantic network semantic system semiotic structure sense sentence significant situation type social class social context social dialect social semiotic social structure social system society sociolinguistic sociosemantic speak speaker specific speech standard language subcultural symbolic talk teacher tend tenor and mode theory things typically variation variety verbal words

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TitleLanguage as a Social Semiotic: The Social Interpretation of Language and Meaning
AuthorMichael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity Park Press, 1978
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized21 Jun 2010
ISBN0839111835, 9780839111832
Length256 pages
  
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