Dedicated to the memory of

Professor Ruqaiya Hasan

Prologue

In my ideology the social and the semiotic are inseparable: their co-evolution is the history of humanity.  
By 2050, theories will have moved; I venture to hope that, despite that change, the social semiotic orientation will still survive.
 
Ruqaiya Hasan

Language and society: a systemic functional perspective (2005/2015)

Many make the journey,
but few make it so meaningful
for the rest of us.

Video Prof. Hasan on SFL as intensely social