Unit 4- Functions

In this unit I reviewed what function is, some examples of it, what we used to express it, etc and I can define function as the purpose of using a language.accordingg to Savignon, 1983 “the use to which language is put, the purpose of an utterance rather than the particular grammatical form an utterance takes” There is a reason why we speak; some of them are for greeting, clarifying, advising and some others. As we can see all of them end in –ing forms.  We use exponents to express the function and these exponents can express different functions at the same time, all depends on the context it is used in. it is not the same situation if we greet our friend with an exponent like “hi” to a different context such as talking to someone we do not know well, in that case we will use something more formal. If we can choose correctly the exponent according to the context it is referred as appropriacy, while if we choose the wrong exponent, it will be inappropriate. These levels of formality must be chosen correctly according to the situation.

References

•  Bilash, O.. (May, 2009). Functions of Language. April 22, 2015, from Best of Bilash website : http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash/best%20of%20bilash/functionsof%20lang.html
• Tai Wyban (October 1, 2014).  Functions of Language (Video). Retrieved from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVUSMFggeww