THE FOUR KINDS OF MEANING

Leech distinguishes some functions of language:

• informational

• text

• discourse

• context

According to Lyon, there are three functions

• descriptive, narrative, explanatory

• descriptive, expressive, social

• descriptive, text, expression

• descriptive, discourse, meaning

Practical criticism is the study of...

(a)  

The main objective of practical criticism was...

(a)  

Practical criticism is focused on:

• meaning and meaning

• philosophy and meaning

• meaning of meaning and philosophy

• philosophy and poetry

The four kinds of meaning are:

• sense, tone, text, discourse

• sense, feeling, tone, intention

• sense, feeling, expression, tone

• sense, intention, discourse, tone

When we listen, we expect something to be something to be said.

• sense

• feeling

• tone

• intention

Way of choosing or arranging words differently.

• sense

• feeling

• tone

• intention

The aim of the speaker is:

• sense

• feeling

• tone

• intention

One of the two uses of language is:

• descriptive

• emotive

• expressive

• narrative