FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH

FUNCTIONS  OF  ENGLISH

1] SPEAKING FUNCTION

Generally while speaking people won’t follow grammar rules. Mostly the sentences will be broken, incomplete, or irregular.

2]GOOD  COMMUNICATION  FUNCTION

Good language is used. Dialogues are said. Views are exchanged.

3] SUBJECT  FUNCTION

There are many subjects in the world. In each subject specialization is going deep and deep. For this purpose new words are coined. That is why the vocabulary is ever enriching. Again every  subject is further and further expanding.

Eg. Biology – biophysics, biochemistry, bioengineering, botany,  zoology, ….

4] CEREMONIAL FUNCTION

This language is not used in day to day communication. It is mostly used by priests, in the form of mantras, slokas, words said during marriages, during somebody’s death, ….

5] DENOTATION – CONNOTATION FUNCTION

There are sentences which convey one meaning but their inner meanings are different. That which appears is called denotation and conveys is called connotation.

Eg.       Woods are lovely dark and deep

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep

And miles to go before I sleep.

6] AD. FUNCTION

In this grammar rules are not followed. If the message is conveyed it is enough. For example all the newspaper headings, captions, etc. That language is also called block language.

7] PERFORMANCE FUNCTION

It is statement by listening to which the work starts.   “I declare that ….”

8] RECORDING FUNCTION

The language is recorded on CDs, Cassettes, so that it can be stored, transferred, played, etc.

9] SYMBOLIC FUNCTION

Symbols are also language. Every symbol conveys a meaning. The symbols exhibited by R&B are guiding ones on the National Highways. Apart from traffic symbols, we have religious symbols, education symbols, etc.

10] LOGICAL FUNCTION

In this function people use logic to understand language. If a sentence is said in a different other than accepted one, people comment or criticise.

Eg. Dogs roar.