Language Functions and Communication Factors
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FUNCTIONS AND FACTORS OF LANGUAGE
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A German and a Chinese man meet on the street, ready to greet each other. Without
embargo, after trying to talk, they end up leaving angry and confused.
What went wrong?
a) The code, for they speak different languages.
b) The context, because the place was not appropriate.
c) The channel, for the air would not let them converse.
d) The sender, for they could not express themselves.
e) The receiver, for he did not know how to listen.
Sometimes, because of the sound, there are words that sound the same; they are called
homophones. House and Hunt, for example, sound the same, but one is spelled with
and the other with z". What language function predominates in the previous example?
a) Referential
b) Metalanguage
c) Phatic
d) Expressive
e) Context
"Tac Tac Tac, Tremac Nails" is the slogan of a nail company. What
What function predominates in the phrase?
a) Appellative
b) Referential
c) Poetics
canal
e) Expressive
4.- A friend always complains that she talks to a colleague, and she does not
Listen, why does he always have his headphones on? Where is the problem?
a) In the receiver
b) In the message
c) In the channel
d) In the internet connection
e) In the sender
The story takes place in the fictional world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
and Witchcraft.
a) Of the context
b) From the apelative function
c) From the sender
d) Of the receiver
e) Of the referential function
Hello! How are you?
Well, and you?
The truth is that's about it, a little sad.
What function does the bolded part correspond to?
a) Poetics
b) Appellative
c) Referential
d) Expressive
e) Metalanguage
7.- Context is to F. Referential as Channel is to:
a) Message
b) Poetics
c) Metalanguage
d) Receptor
e) Phatic
A sonnet is a lyrical composition made up of two quartets and two tercets.
of hendecasyllabic verses. The way to organize this type of poem, with what factor
Does it have a relationship?
a) Context
b) Phatic
c) Sender
d) Canal
e) Message
"Stay there!" is a typical example of function:
a) Expressive
b) Appellative
c) Recursive
d) Referential
e) Phatic
10.- When a higher-ranking military officer gives instructions to the soldiers, then
He asks them if they understood, and they answer "Yes, sir!" What function does it serve?
What do you use to check that the communication is carried out well?
a) The appeal, as they are responding to him.
b) The referential, since they are responding to an order from the real world.
c) The phatic, as it suggests that the information was delivered well.
d) The metalinguistic, as they need to understand what they are saying.
e) The expressive, as they express their opinion.
WRITE THE FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE THAT CORRESPONDS.
The devil knows more because he is old than because he is the devil.
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2. Hello? Are you there?
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On the door hung a sign that said 'do not enter'
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I like it when you are silent
Why do you seem so absent.
Oh! What a headache!
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6. Pedro, please bring more coffee
Did you bring the letter?
8. Man is a rational animal.
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Classes are suspended until the third hour
10. What does the word 'canalla' mean?
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11. "Casa Zabala, the one that gives away when selling"