The Greatest British Linguists

Birthdate: April 13, 1925

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Leeds, England

Died: April 15, 2018

British linguist Michael Halliday is best remembered for his neo-Firthian theory of language. Born to a dialectologist father and an English teacher mother, Halliday naturally developed a love for languages. An expert in Chinese language, he has conducted research on child language development and the theory of grammar.

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