Systemic Functional linguistics

Regarding language development, What do babies learn first?

• To classify elements

• To name the world

• To create categories

The levels of language are grapho/phonological, lexicogramamatical and context (genre)

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The levels of language are grapho/phonological, lexicogrammatical, and discourse-semantic.

Name 1 kind of Genre.

This level is focused on the production of sound and graphemes.

• Lexicogrammatical level

• Grapho/phonological level

• Discourse-semantic level

• Context.

Language is a system of options we make to create meaning.

• True

• False

It focuses on the representation of reality. What level do we refer to?

• Discourse-semantic level

• Lexicogrammatical level

• Grapho/phonological level

In the lexicogrammatical level we can find. (you can choose more than one option)

• Sentences

• Phrases

• Songs

• Clauses