the uses of language

representations

Interactional

to relte to other

Regulatory

make request o give orders

Instrumental

to get something

Personal

to convey a sense of personal identity

Heuristic

to find out about the immediate enviroment

Imaginative

to be creative throuh language

Representational

to convey information

Diversionary

to enjoy the enviroment

Athoritative/Contractual

to regulate

Perpetuating

to record

Topic principal

language learning depends on the users intention

Observations

involves just one person

Subtema

implications

dilemma the nature of meaning

point of view of the person

nonlaguages alternatives

varied uses of language

number of uses

self evident

is not employed at one use at time

language modalities

Subtema