English Language CLD
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- Created on: 19-05-19 17:53
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Hallidays functions:
- Instrumental- language used to satisfy material needs, like food.
- Regulatory- langauge used to control others.
- Interactional- phatic talk, language used to form relationships.
- Personal- used to express strong emotions.
- Heuristic- language seeking information.
- Imaginative- language of creative writing and games.
- Representational- language that communicates ideas and information.
Innatist theories:
These theorists believe that there is a genetic element innate in the human brain that prepares infants for language.
- Chomsky named this process L.A.D - language aquisition device.
He said that children cannot simply learn through imitation alone because:
- Children create thier own language and the language that children hear is sometimes improvised as adults dont always speak in…
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