Language Functions and Communication Quiz

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What is the name of the model that served as the foundation of the communicative functions of language, and who originally developed it?

Organon Model, Karl Bühler

How many main functions of language did Karl Bühler distinguish in his Organon Model?

Three

What is the fourth category of language function added by the Prague School linguists to Karl Bühler's classification?

Aesthetic function

Who added three other functions to the classification, making a total of six fundamental factors, each assuming an orientation within the verbal message?

Roman Jakobson

What are the six fundamental factors of language function in Roman Jakobson's model?

Emotive, conative, referential, poetic, phatic, metalingual

What are the main building blocks of the classical communication model?

Addresser (sender), addressee (receiver), message, context, common code and channel

What is the role of an addresser in a communicative act?

Sending a message to an addressee

What does each message require in order to be transmitted from the addresser to the addressee?

Encoding into a certain language code

What is the context in a communicative act?

The circumstances in which the message is sent and received

Are the functions of language intended to be considered as mutually exclusive?

No

The number of categories for language functions varies according to ______ or discipline

perspective

Communication involves action and each communicative act requires an ______ who sends a message to an addressee

addresser

Each message requires a context, it needs to be encoded into a certain language code and ______ from the addresser to the addressee through a channel

transmitted

The Prague School linguists added an ______ function to the original three main functions of language in the Organon Model

aesthetic

The classical communication model consists of ______, addressee (receiver), message, context, common code and channel

addresser

Each utterance can be classified into the function whose primary purpose it serves, but many speech events will serve a ______ purpose

complex

Karl Bühler's system, known as the Organon Model, distinguished three main functions of language: emotive, conative and ______

referential

Roman Jakobson added three other functions to Bühler's classification, making a total of ______ fundamental factors

six

All theories state that communication involves action and ______ communicative act requires an addresser who sends a message to an addressee

each

The model that served as the foundation of the communicative functions of language was originally developed by ______

Karl Bühler

What is the name of the system that distinguished three main functions of language, originally developed by Karl Bühler?

The Organon Model

What is the fourth category of language function added by the Prague School linguists to Karl Bühler's classification?

Phatic function

Which model added three other functions to Bühler's classification, making a total of six fundamental factors, each assuming an orientation within the verbal message?

Roman Jakobson's Model

What are the six fundamental factors of language function in Roman Jakobson's model?

Emotive, conative, referential, aesthetic, poetic, phatic

Which category of language function in Bühler's Organon Model refers to language used to express emotions or feelings?

Emotive function

Which category of language function in Bühler's Organon Model refers to language used to influence or persuade others?

Conative function

Which category of language function in Bühler's Organon Model refers to language used to convey information or refer to objects and events in the world?

Referential function

Which category of language function added by the Prague School linguists refers to language used to establish or maintain social relationships?

Phatic function

What is the main building block of the classical communication model that refers to the means of transmitting a message from the addresser to the addressee?

Channel

Are the functions of language intended to be considered as mutually exclusive?

No

Test your knowledge of language functions with this quiz! Explore the various categories of language functions and understand the role of addresser and addressee in communication. Keywords: language functions, communication, addresser, addressee.

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