Oral Communication in Context Functions of Communication SHS Grade 11

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1. Functions of Communication

2. - Refer to how people use language for different purposes. - How language is affected by different time, place, and situation used to control the behavior of people used to regulate the nature and amount of activities people engage in.

3. BÜHLER’S THREE FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION

4. Expression – the focus of the communicative process is the expression of the speaker’s attitude towards the topic.

5. 2. Appeal – the focus of the communicative process is the intended effect on the listener.

6. 3. Representation – the focus of the communicative process is the content or topic .

7. Jakobson’s Six Functions of Communication Emotive (Expression) Conative (Appeal) Referential Metalingual Phatic Poetic

8. Jakobson’s Six Functions of Communication Emotive (Expression) – this function focuses on the sender or addresser. - Also called expressive, this function helps us to interpret emotions, feelings, desires, and moods of the subject. The emotive function gives us direct information about the sender’s tone. 

9. Jakobson’s Six Functions of Communication 2. Conative (Appeal) – this function focuses on the receiver or addressee. - This function focuses on the receiver of the message. The language used with this function is meant to get the attention of or a reaction from the addressee. (?)

10. Jakobson’s Six Functions of Communication 3. Referential – this function focuses on the context. 4. Metalingual – this function focuses on the code (or language) being used.

11. Jakobson’s Six Functions of Communication 5. Phatic – this function focuses on the contact between the speaker and the listener. - used to establish a social connection without really communicating any meaningful information. This type of language is used to start or stop a conversation or to check the connection between the sender and receiver.

12. Jakobson’s Six Functions of Communication 6. Poetic – this function focuses on the “message for its own sake.” - This one is also known as the aesthetic function of language. This function focuses on the message as well as the way the message is communicated. 

13. Halliday’s Seven Functions of the Language 1. Instrumental – language is used to express needs. 2. Regulatory – language is used to tell others what to do. 3. Interactional – language is used to establish relations with others. 4. Personal – language is used to express insights and feelings.

14. Halliday’s Seven Functions of the Language 5. Heuristic – language is used to seek knowledge. 6. Imaginative – language is used to tell stories. 7. Representational – language is used to deliver information.