Big Ideas

Question 1

Name the 6 Jakobson’s functions

Answer 1

Referential: Transmitting information
Conative: To correct and command
Emotive: Expresses feelings and desires
Phatic: Maintaining social relationships
Metalinguistic: To discuss language itself
Poetic: Highlights aesthetic dimensions of language

Question 2

Mode

Answer 2

The means by which the text exists.
Either written, spoken or multimodal.

Question 3

Register

Answer 3

How formal the text is.

Ranges from highly formal to highly informal.

Question 4

Situational context

Answer 4

Explore the field, mode, tenor, text type and setting of the text.

Question 5

Purpose

Answer 5

Why was the text created?

To inform, to be humorous, to sell something?

Question 6

Tenor

Answer 6

The amount of social distance between the interlocutors of a conversation.

Question 7

Audience

Answer 7

Who was the text created for?

Identify age, field and geographic location.

Question 8

Cultural context

Answer 8

How do language features in this text reflect Australia’s national values and culture?

Question 9

Text type

Answer 9

Identify the category of text. Then, discuss how it’s conventional for its type.