Thanks to visit codestin.com
Credit goes to www.scribd.com

Scribd
Upload
12 views1 page

Jackobson's Functions

Roman Jakobson's model identifies six functions of language: expressive, conative, poetic, metalinguistic, phatic, and referential. Each function serves a distinct purpose, such as expressing emotions, commanding actions, focusing on message form, referring to language itself, maintaining relationships, and conveying information about the world. This framework extends Bühler's scheme and emphasizes the multifaceted nature of communication.

Uploaded by

soniagomezcorrales
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
12 views1 page

Jackobson's Functions

Roman Jakobson's model identifies six functions of language: expressive, conative, poetic, metalinguistic, phatic, and referential. Each function serves a distinct purpose, such as expressing emotions, commanding actions, focusing on message form, referring to language itself, maintaining relationships, and conveying information about the world. This framework extends Bühler's scheme and emphasizes the multifaceted nature of communication.

Uploaded by

soniagomezcorrales
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Jackobson´s Functions of Language.

Communicative Func-
tions.

Roman Jakobson’s model. Bühler’s scheme was adopted by the Prague School
and later extended by Roman Jakobson, who, on the basis of the six factors of his
own model of communication, distinguished six different functions of language:

1. Expressive or emotive function. It is related to the addresser and where


language is used to express the speaker’s feelings. It includes expressions of pain, anger,
affection, etc. Swear words or expletives are probably the commonest expressive ex-
pressions, although, at a more sophisticated level, there are many literary devices of
grammar and vocabulary which can convey the writer’s feelings.

2. Conative function. It is related to the addressee and where language is used


to get the addressee to do what the speaker wants. It tries to produce an answer. It could
be, for instance, a command.

3. Poetic function. It is related to the message itself and where the primary ori-
entation is towards the form of the message. The form of the message becomes
more important than the meaning. For instance, literature and poetry. The focus is on
the message “for its own sake”.

4. Metalinguistic function. It is related to the code and where language is used


to refer to itself.

5. Phatic function. It is related to the contact or channel and where language is


used to establish and maintain personal relationships. The use of phrases such as
“pleased to meet you” and ritual exchanges about health and the weather do not
communicate ideas and no factual content is involved. It is a mechanism to keep com -
munication going.

6. Referential function. It is related to the context and where language is used to


convey information about the world around us. It transmits information about anything
but the language itself.

You might also like