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What is the conative function about?
When the speaker emits a message to alter the listener's behaviour, call his attention, etc... using imperatives. For example, advertisements.
Which are informative signals?
Informative signals are those that are given unintentionally.
Which is the main aim of phonetics?
The description and classification of speech sounds is the main aim of phonetics.
What is the metalinguistic function about?
The language is used to speak about the language itself.
What factor condition any communicative situation?
The context.
Which are the three fields of phonetics?
Articulatory, acoustic and auditory.
Name the three metafunctions proposed by Halliday.
Ideational function, interpersonal function and textual function.
Who elaborated the most widely known classification of language functions?
Roman Jakobson.
Which are the two types of written systems?
Phonological and non- phonological systems.
Historically speaking, how was written language considered?
It was considered to be superior to spoken language for many centuries. It was the medium of literature, and literature was considered a source of linguistic excellence.
Name the classification of language functions proposed by Roman Jakobson.
Referential function, emotive function, conative function, metalinguistic function and poetic function.
Mention some characteristics of oral language.
I usually contains a good deal of information that is redunt¡dant. The listener is helped by prosodic features such as stress, rhythm, intonation, facial expressions or body movements. Speech is characterized by incomplete and sometimes ungrammatical utterances.
Which elements are essential in oral language?
Stress, pitch prominence, intonation and rhythm.
What are the three main blocks of basic knowledge established by Royal Decree 157/2022?
Communication, multilingualism and interculturality
Which is the purpose of language?
The purpose of language is communication.
Which is the definition of language according to Sapir?
"Language is a purely human and non- instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols".
Which are the five skil areas for written expression?
Mechanics, production, conventions, linguistics and cognition.
Which Decree, Law or Royal Decree establishes the Curriculum of Primary Education for the Community of Madrid?
Decree 61/2022, 13th July.
Which is the definition of language according to Trager?
"A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which the members of a society interact in terms of their total culture".
How did Holtgraves divide language mode features?
Grammatical, lexical and discourse features.
What are the four subcompetences which the communicative competence is divided into according to Canale and Swain?
Linguistic, Discourse, Sociolinguistic and Strategic.
According to Hockett, which are the features that characterize human language?
Communicative and informative, displacement, arbitrariness, productivity, cultural transmission, discreteness and vocal-auditory channel.
Name the eight key competences established by Royal Decree 157/2022.
Linguistic, Multilingualism, Stem, Digital, Personal, Social and learning to Learn, Citizen, Entrepreneurship and Cultural awareness and Expression.
What intervening factors about language did Jakobson describe?
Sender, message, code, channel, receiver, feedback and noise.
What are the three components in which Hymes and Halliday categorize the communicative situation?
Field of discourse, tenor of discourse and mode of discourse.