Humans use language in a varied way and as a result all language functions facilitate communication and expression. All functions of language are socially related, as they have to do with who the user is, his position or role that he has to perform and his relationship with others in his society.
Functions of Language
1. The Communicative Function
2. The Expressive Function
3. The Reflective Function
4. The Ritualistic Function
5. The Identification Function is used to:
- create bond and distance
-used to make statements about ourseleves
-establish relationships rather than to communicate ideas.
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