Speech function *notes*

Hello everyone.

This week our topic is about The Speech Function.

I'm going write some notes related to our topic and I hope it be useful.

1- Language serves a range of functions. It is usually adjusted the speech to suit the social context of speech. The language we talk to a child may be different from the language we talk to our customer or colleague though the purpose is the same. The different purposes of talk can also affect the form of language and the variety of ways.  

2- Speech Functions for Sociolinguistics 

Conveying Information and Expressing Social Relationships

1.  Expressive  (express speaker's feelings e.g. I feel great today.)

2.  Directive  (get others to do things e.g. Clean up your room.)

3.  Referential (provide information e.g. The apples are on the table.)

4.  Metalinguistic (comments on language e.g. Nouns can be mass or count.)

5.  Poetic (aesthetic language--poems, mottos, rhymes e.g. A stitch in time saves nine.)

6.  Phatic (language for solidarity and empathy e.g. Yo, bro. Put 'er there.)

References:

1- http://jlt-polinema.org/?tag=speech-function

2- users.clas.ufl.edu/rthompso/speechfunctions.html