Halidays Taxonomy
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- Created on: 05-11-14 13:49
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- Halidays Taxonomy
- Instrumental
- The instrumental function is used to fulfil a speakers need.
- An instrumental utterance usually starts with 'I want..' and is directly concerned with obtaining things like food, drink, comfort.
- Regulatory
- This function is used to influence the behaviour of others and encourage them to do certain actions.
- Regulatory is used to persuade/ command/ request other people to do things. Eg. 'daddy push' (child on swing)
- Interactional
- Used to develop social relationships and ease interaction
- This includes things like phatic talk that allow us to form relationships with others
- Personal
- This is used to express personal viewpoints and gives the speaker an identity
- expresses feelings and attitudes
- Informative/ Representational
- Used to communicate information and request information from others
- An example of this is a child telling another child that they have a new doll .
- Heuristic
- Used to learn and explore the environment.
- This could be the kind of running commentary that accompanies child play
- Imaginative
- Used to explore the imagination.
- When children tell stories and may also accompany play when children make up situations
- Instrumental
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