Ruqaiya Hasan

Ruqaiya Hasan
Ruqaiya Hasan
Born(1931-07-03)3 July 1931[1]
Died24 June 2015 (aged 83)
Sydney
Known forSemantic variation;
context in linguistic theory;
"Symbolic articulation"
SpouseMichael Halliday

Ruqaiya Hasan (3 July 1931[a] – 24 June 2015) was a professor of linguistics who held visiting positions and taught at various universities in England. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University in Sydney, from which she retired as emeritus professor in 1994. Throughout her career she researched and published widely in the areas of verbal art, culture, context and text, text and texture, lexicogrammar and semantic variation. The latter involved the devising of extensive semantic system networks for the analysis of meaning in naturally occurring dialogues.[2]

  1. ^ Cahill, Justin (22 July 2015). "Professor of linguistics, Ruqaiya Hasan, leaves widely respected intellectual legacy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ "R.I.P Ruqaiya Hasan: A life well lived". beenasarwar. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.


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