Publications

Publication details [#4260]

Halliday, M.A.K. 1973. The functional basis of language. In Bernstein, Basil, ed. Class, codes and control, vol.2: Applied studies towards a sociology of language. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 343–366.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

functionalism | functions of language

Annotation

Outline of a functional approach to language. H. expresses the belief that the uses or functions of language have influenced the shape of linguistic forms.

Translations

. 1974. La base fonctionelle du langage.

Reprints

Halliday, M.A.K. 1976. The form of functional grammar. In Halliday, M.A.K., ed. System and function in language. Oxford University Press. pp. 7–25.

Halliday, M.A.K. 1973. In Halliday, M.A.K., ed. Explorations in the functions of language. E. Arnold. pp. 22–47.