Six Functions of Language by Roman Jakobson

Jakobson was born on...

• October 17, 1896

• October 20, 1890

• October 22, 1872

• October 11, 1896

• October 16, 1878

Roman Jakobson was ...... linguist and literary theorist

• Portuguese-Afghanistan

• American-Portuguese

• Russian-American

• Britain-Afghanistan

• Russian-Britain

Jakobson divided the language functions into ...... factors.

• 8

• 6

• 7

• 9

• 5

Referential Function is commonly used by people to...

• Discuss a problem with the specific topic

• Convey an emotion or feelings

• Oblige people to do something

• Discuss language

• Keep in contact with people

Emotive Function is also called...

• Expressive function

• Specific function

• Speaking function

• Communicative function

• Informative function

"Go away!" is an example of...

• Phatic function

• Referential function

• Metalingual function

• Poetic function

• Conative function

My mother gave me a suggestion. Then she used .....

• Referential function

• Poetic function

• Conative function

• Metalingual function

• Phatic function

Metalingual function is commonly used to...

• Discuss a problem with a specific topic

• Convey an emotion or feelings

• Maintain contact with people

• Discuss language with the language itself

• Oblige people to do something

Below are examples of phatic functions, except...

• Bye!

• Hello?

• Write it!

• Do you hear me?

• See you!

Poetic function often uses...

• Commands

• Metaphorical Words

• Greetings

• Compliments

• Code