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Question 2

seven specific functions of language (p.6

Answer 2

1. phatic (Hello!) 2. directive 3. informative 4. interrogative 5. expressive (I *hate Ieren Adler!) 6. evocative (How do you like John?) 7. performative (I hereby declare the meeting open.)

Question 2

top ten language families (p.4

Answer 2

1) Indo-European 2) Uralic 3) Altaic 4) Sino-Tibetan 5) Malayo-Polynesian 6) Afro-Asiatic 7) Caucasian 8) Dravidian 9) Austro-Asiatic 10) Niger-Congo

Question 4

three metafunctions of language (p.6

Answer 4

1. ideational 2. interpersonal 3. textual

Question 4

five design/defining features of language (p.6

Answer 4

1. arbitrariness 2. duality of structure / double articulation (meaning-ful/-less) 3. productivity/creativity 4. displacement 5. cultural transmission