referential - language which shares information with an audience, informative, poetic - the aesthetic function of language, e.g. plays on the sounds of words, alliteration, assonance, repetition, echo or rhythm effects, emotive - also called expressive, this function helps us to interpret feelings, desires, and moods, conative - language used to get the attention of or a reaction from the reader or listener, phatic - language for the sake of interaction, used to establish a social connection without really communicating any meaningful information, metalinguistic - the use of language to discuss or describe itself.,

Functions of Language

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