jakobson's functions

Question 1

referential

Answer 1

conveys info eg. ‘the train leaves at 6:00pm’

Question 2

emotive

Answer 2

interprets, expresses feelings and desires eg. the interjection ‘yuck!’

Question 3

conative

Answer 3

engages the addressee eg. the command ‘sit down.’

Question 4

phatic

Answer 4

establishes social connection eg. the greeting ‘how are you?’

Question 5

metalinguistic

Answer 5

talks about language itself eg. ‘what does phatic mean?’

Question 6

poetic

Answer 6

brings in the aesthetic dimension eg. ‘to be or not to be’