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Expressing needs.
"Want juice!" "Hungry!" |
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Used to control others.
"Go away!" "Play with me." |
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Used for social reasons, to create relationships.
"Nice weather we're having." "I love you." |
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Requesting information, finding out about the world.
"When is the next train?" "What's that?" |
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Exprerssing feelings, emotions and personal identity.
"I'm a good girl." "I don't think that's right." |
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Presenting and giving information
"The sun is 93 million miles away." "The next train is in ten minutes." |
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Playful, creative language - not from real life.
"I'm batman." "Once there was a cat called Mike and he could fly." |
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PERFROMATIVE Crystal adds this one! |
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Language to try to control reality,
"I have some magic medicine..." |
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PHONETIC Crystal adds this one! |
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Playing around with language because it sounds good. Rhymes, song lyrics, poetry.
"Ning nang nong." "OGACHAKKA!!!" |
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What functiion does this have?
"Dingle dingle dingle dingle dongle dongle." |
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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." |
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What function does the following have?
"That's not my doll. This is my doll, her name is Sarah." |
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INFORMATIVE, and possibly also PERSONAL. |
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What function does the following have?
"I'm the best footballer ever." |
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PERSONAL, and possibly also INFORMATIVE. |
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What function does the following have?
"What's that tractor doing?" |
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What function does the following have?
"Please could I have a cake?" |
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Question is HEURISTIC, but the politeness function of "Please" is interactional. |
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What function does the following have?
"What's that tractor doing?" |
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What function does the following have?
"Don't knock the tower over!" |
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What function does the following have?
"I'm really bored." |
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What function does the following have?
"Did you hear that?" |
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HEURISTIC, but also INTERACTIONAL |
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