… language has evolved in the service of particular human needs … what is really significant is that this functional principle is carried over and built into the grammar, so that the internal organization of the grammar system is also functional in character.


p. 16 cited in Constant Leung, Brian V. Street (2012) English a Changing Medium for Education. p. 5. - Learning How to Mean--Explorations in the Development of Language, 1975

Michael Halliday Quotes

… language has evolved in the service of particular human needs … what is really significant is that this functional principle is carried over...

… language has evolved in the service of particular human needs … what is really significant is that this functional principle is carried over...

… language has evolved in the service of particular human needs … what is really significant is that this functional principle is carried over...

… language has evolved in the service of particular human needs … what is really significant is that this functional principle is carried over...