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Halliday's Functions of Language (With Added David Crystal)
Cards for the theorit Halliday's seven functions of language, and David Crystal's two additions.
19
English
Not Applicable
06/18/2010

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Term
INSTREMENTAL
Definition
Expressing needs.

"Want juice!"
"Hungry!"
Term
REGULARTORY
Definition
Used to control others.

"Go away!"
"Play with me."
Term
INTERACTIONAL
Definition
Used for social reasons, to create relationships.

"Nice weather we're having."
"I love you."
Term
HEURISTIC
Definition
Requesting information, finding out about the world.

"When is the next train?"
"What's that?"
Term
PERSONAL
Definition
Exprerssing feelings, emotions and personal identity.

"I'm a good girl."
"I don't think that's right."
Term
INFORMATIVE
Definition
Presenting and giving information

"The sun is 93 million miles away."
"The next train is in ten minutes."
Term
IMAGINATIVE
Definition
Playful, creative language - not from real life.

"I'm batman."
"Once there was a cat called Mike and he could fly."
Term
PERFROMATIVE
Crystal adds this one!
Definition
Language to try to control reality,

"I have some magic medicine..."
Term
PHONETIC
Crystal adds this one!
Definition
Playing around with language because it sounds good. Rhymes, song lyrics, poetry.

"Ning nang nong."
"OGACHAKKA!!!"
Term
What functiion does this have?

"Dingle dingle dingle dingle dongle dongle."
Definition
PHONETIC
Term
What function does the following have?

"This is a sock and his name is Dave and he got lost under my bed, but then he found there was a jungle under the bed with other socks."
Definition
Imaginative
Term
What function does the following have?

"That's not my doll. This is my doll, her name is Sarah."
Definition
INFORMATIVE, and possibly also PERSONAL.
Term
What function does the following have?

"I'm the best footballer ever."
Definition
PERSONAL, and possibly also INFORMATIVE.
Term
What function does the following have?

"What's that tractor doing?"
Definition
HEURISTIC
Term
What function does the following have?

"Please could I have a cake?"
Definition
Question is HEURISTIC, but the politeness function of "Please" is interactional.
Term
What function does the following have?

"What's that tractor doing?"
Definition
HEURISTIC
Term
What function does the following have?

"Don't knock the tower over!"
Definition
REGULATORY
Term
What function does the following have?

"I'm really bored."
Definition
INSTREMENTAL
Term
What function does the following have?

"Did you hear that?"
Definition
HEURISTIC, but also INTERACTIONAL
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