This document provides an overview of the linguist Michael Halliday and his development of systemic functional linguistics. It discusses Halliday's background and influences, including J.R. Firth. Halliday viewed language as a social semiotic, focusing on its functions in context. He identified seven basic functions of language that children acquire. The document also compares Halliday's views to Chomsky's, noting that Halliday saw grammar as reflecting functional uses of language rather than an innate universal grammar. In concluding, it thanks the reader for their patience and hopes they learned something from the presentation.

1. Welcome
Are you Ready to witness the
worst presentation of your
life????????

2. S Y S T E M I C F U N C T I O N A L O F L A N G U A G E
A S S I G N M E N T
P R E P A R E D B Y
ABDULLAH SALEEM
MICHAEL HALLIDAY

3.  Michel Halliday
 Professor of Linguistics –
University of Sydney
 Extraordinarily imaginative
picture of language
 Language and its relationship to
science , society and
consciousness .
 His works shifted the focus out of
syntactic age to semiotic age
 Best known for developing
systemic functional linguistics
.(SFL)
 Halliday (1994) points out that,
in order to make sense of a text,
"the natural tendency is to think
of a text as a thing—a product"
while "seeing the text in its
aspect as a process”Language
Consciousne
ss
Society Science

4. SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE
Learning a language means
 7 basic functions of language that a child learns during language acquisition
 Instrumental
 Regulatory
 Interactional
 Personal
 Representational
 Heuristic
 Imaginative

5. FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE
Stages Aims Language
use
Examples Comments
Instrumental Needs , wants one or two
words phrases
Want toffee ,
chiji do
Short and
sweet 
Regulatory Persuade ,
command
two words
phrases
Go away,
come here
Still influential
with little
gestures…
Interactional Social
relationships,
emotions
,feelings
independent
clauses
I love you
mama,.
Really???
Personal Preferences ,
opinions ,
identity
Independent
clauses
I like chocolates , I
am a good boy
I, I , and I 

6. FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE(CONTD..)
Heuristic Knowledge about
environment,
explorations
questions questions
questions , answers
answers answers
Why sun hides
behind mountains
? Hmmm His
mom must be
chasing him
The game
starts now 
Imaginative Create
imaginary
environment ,
tell stories,
jokes
There was a
lion who wont
eat bred
mind starts
manifestations……
Hmmmmm
complexity starts
Representational Facts & info Grammatical
mastery achieved ,
language maturity
gained 
This computer is
too slow…. Can I
throw it out ???
now start
bothering the
world by
presenting
your own
theories 

7. Influences on Halliday and his Ideas.JRFIRTH
Biggest
influence :
his
university
teacher J.
R . FIRTH
Influential
idea:
concept of
system of
language
Influences
on
Halliday
and his
ideas
HJEMSLEV,
TROUBETSKOY,
PRAGUE SCHOOL
OF LINGUISTICS
Influential idea:
functional approach
to language
WHORF
Influential Idea:
Projection of reality in
mind by Grammar
BASIL BRENSTEIN
Influential idea :
Restricted &
Elaborated codes
Linguitsics……..Social
Action
W.S ALLEN
Influential Idea: new
ways of describing
grammar and
comparing systems
across languages
BRONISLAW
MALINOWSKI
(ANTHROPOLOGIST )
Influential idea :
language is the
product of culture,
the projection of
different accordingly

8. CONTRIBUTIONS OF HALLIDAY
 TEFL
 Helped in researches based on foreign languages teaching
 The communicative approach stems from Halliday’s work
 Influence SINCLAIR and COULTHARD … study of
classroom teaching
 Influenced phonology : Intonation and Grammar,
 Influenced discourse analysis: Cohesion and Coherence

9. HALLIDAY VS CHOMSKY
CHOMSKY HALLIDAY
 LANGUAGE IS INNATE
LAD HARDWIRED INTO BRAIN
UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT FROM
EXPERIENCE
CARTESIAN THEORY
 LANGUAGE IS LEARNED
 GRAMMAR MIRRORS FUNCTION
 NO UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
 LANGUAGE DEVELOPS THROUGH
EXPERIENCE
DARWINIAN THEORY

10. THAT’S IT ( WAKI WAKI MOMENT)
THANKS
FOR THE PATIENCE
I HOPE YOU LEARNED
SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING 
  