Michael Halliday#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1520 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRALIA |
Michael Halliday passed away April 15, 2018.
Positions Held
- since 1987 Professor Emeritius associated with University of Sydney
- 1976 - 1987 Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney
- 1974 - 1976 Professor of Language and Linguistics at Essex University
- 1973 - 1974 Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois
- 1972 - 1973 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences at Stanford
- 1965 - 1971 Professor of Linguistics, University of London
- 1963 - 1965 Director of the Communication Research Center at University College, London
- 1960 - 1963 Reader
- 1958 - 1960 1958 Lecturer in General Linguistics
- 1954 - 1958 Assistant Lecturer in Chinese, at Cambridge University
- PhD in Chinese Linguistics at Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Systemic functional linguistics
- Grammatical theory and descriptions
- Language in society
- Child language development
Honours and Awards
- 1987 Honorary doctorate from University of Birmingham
- 1988 Honorary doctorate from York University
- 1989 Corresponding member of the British Academy
- 1995 Honorary doctorate from the University of Athens
- 1996 Honorary doctorate from Macquarie University
- 1999 Honorary doctorate from Lingnan University
- 2002 AILA Gold Medal Award
- 2007 Honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia
- 2008 Honorary doctorate from The Hong Kong Institution of Education
