Tri Rizki Maulina (13.1.01.08.0088) M. Afhamul Ulum (13.1.01.08.0145) Nila Rahmawati (13.1.01.08.0153) Definition of language function
Language function is processed
socially when individuals make use of their tongue for interaction. DIVISION OF LANGUAGE FUNCTION A. Micro Function 1. Physiological function 2. Phatic function 3. Recording function 4. Identifying function 5. Reasoning function 6. Pleasure functions 7. Communicating function B. Macro Function 1. Ideational function 2. Interpersonal function 3. Poetic function 4. Textual function EXAMPLES Example of Micro Function 1) Physiological function. “OMG, that’s cool!” 2) Phatic function. “Dear Sir/Madam” and ending “Yours faithfully” 3) Recording function. “A shopping list” or “a list of things to do”, or a long-term record, as in “a diary” or “history of some kind”. 4) Identifying function. A car => an automobile, a lorry, a van or a truck. 5) Reasoning function. Black” may be associated with evil and death, and “white” with purity and goodness. 6) Communicating Function Example: Requesting, apologizing, informing I am so sorry Could you help me? 7) Pleasure Function Example: First Snow Snow makes whiteness where it falls The bushes look like popcorn balls. And places where I always play, Look like somewhere else today. By Marie Louise Allen Example of Macro Function 1. Ideational Function Example: when we watch small children interacting with the objects around them, we can see that they are using language to construe a theoretical model of their experience. 2. Interpersonal Function Example: use language to interact with others, to establish and maintain relations with them. Conversation SMS 3. Poetic Function Example: Joke, play words or meaning, poetry Poetry What is poetry? Who knows? Not a rose, but the scent of a rose; Not the sky, but the light in the sky; Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly; Not the sea, but the sound of the sea; Not myself, but what makes me See, hear, and feel something that prose Cannot: and what it is, who knows? 4. Textual Function Example: Making a literary works such as recount text, report text, descriptive text etc.