*The first book to provide an accessible introduction to the life and work of the late MAK Halliday, who was one of the world's leading linguists
*Halliday's theories changed the way languages are taught and learned, introducing a functional approach and his work is of wide interest within linguistics, applied linguistics and language learning
*This is the most accessible and reader-friendly of books about Halliday ,clearly defining key terms, theories and applications of systemic functional linguistics for a student audience
