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What are the two functions of language?

Out of the various functions of language presented by Jakobson, only two are functions as understood here. These are the poetic function and the referential function. The former seems to us to be an immediate function: It needs to be further interpreted in order to arrive at the role, or roles, played by the

What is the corresponding function of language?

he postulates a corresponding function of language: there is the expressive function which is correlated to the sender, the appeal function which is correlated to the receiver, and the most important of the three, the representative function which is correlated to the objects and states of fact that are talked about.

What are the three functions of language according to Helling?

he postulates a corresponding function of language: there is the expressive function which is correlated to the sender, the appeal function which is correlated to the receiver, and the most important of the three, the representative function which is correlated to the objects and states of fact that are talked about. In later

What are the three functions of speech?

These three functions are: the unifying function, the separatist function and the prestige function.. The unifying function "contributes to uniting the speaker of different dialects of the same language into a single speech community."