Michael Halliday Quote

Language... is a range of possibilities, and an open end set of options in behavior that are available to the individual in his existence as social man. The context of culture is the environment of any particular selection that is made within them... The context of culture defines the potential, the range of possibilities that are open. The actual choice among these possibilities takes place within a given context of situation.


p. 49 cited in: William O. Beeman (1986) Language, Status, and Power in Iran. p. 65. - Explorations in the functions of language, 1973


Language... is a range of possibilities, and an open end set of options in behavior that are available to the individual in his existence as social...

Language... is a range of possibilities, and an open end set of options in behavior that are available to the individual in his existence as social...

Language... is a range of possibilities, and an open end set of options in behavior that are available to the individual in his existence as social...

Language... is a range of possibilities, and an open end set of options in behavior that are available to the individual in his existence as social...