SPEECH FUNCTIONS
for
Sociolinguistics
Conveying Information and Expressing Social Relationships
Conveying Information and Expressing Social Relationships
1.
Expressive (express speaker's feelings--I
feel great today.)
2. Directive
(get others to do things--Clean up your room.)
3. Referential
(provide information--The apples are on the table.)
4. Metalinguistic
(comments on language--Nouns can be mass or count.)
5. Poetic
(aesthetic language--poems, mottos, rhymes--A stitch in time saves nine.)
6. Phatic (language
for solidarity and empathy--Yo, bro. Put 'er there.)
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