Language was a creation of human and it has become a complex system of communication. Because language is greatly adaptive and flexible, it would constantly evolving and changing through time. Despite the fact that Language has different functions, they serve one main purpose. To make expression of one’s idea, thought and feeling. Specifically, language has four functions. They are expressive, informative, directive and survival. The first use of language is defined as expressive, it allows people to express how they feel. It is a combination of multiple form of languages. Here an example, Tom’s face was cheerless, when he stared at rain through the window. “Today is gonna be boring” he whined. Notice how Tom was sending a message? He
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Directive language actually tell someone to take action or prevent them from doing it. A fine example, Parker kept telling himself to study hard for the final, but he ended up partying with friends. As a result, Parker did not do very well at the end of semester. This example was directive function of the inner voice of a character, the guy was reminding himself to do perform action. Parker was not motivated and did not study for examination, because directive language was not powerful one. In another example, Thomas was told by doctor about his lung conditions, he forced himself quit smoking cigars, and as the result, he was able to live another 10 years with family. The message was clear, Thomas needed to choose between cigars and family, the message was strong enough to make the guy quit smoking. People use this type of function of language in daily life, just like the first two functions. Usually, people use directive function to command someone else to do things and sometimes a person’s inner voice will be in command in which tells themselves what should and should not do. Obviously, the purpose of directive language was persuading people. To what effect will directive function cause? If a police officer is telling a person to pull over his car, it is up to this person to make a choice. What if a group of friends were trying to persuade others to smoke marijuana? Directive language forces people to make
Directive language actually tell someone to take action or prevent them from doing it. A fine example, Parker kept telling himself to study hard for the final, but he ended up partying with friends. As a result, Parker did not do very well at the end of semester. This example was directive function of the inner voice of a character, the guy was reminding himself to do perform action. Parker was not motivated and did not study for examination, because directive language was not powerful one. In another example, Thomas was told by doctor about his lung conditions, he forced himself quit smoking cigars, and as the result, he was able to live another 10 years with family. The message was clear, Thomas needed to choose between cigars and family, the message was strong enough to make the guy quit smoking. People use this type of function of language in daily life, just like the first two functions. Usually, people use directive function to command someone else to do things and sometimes a person’s inner voice will be in command in which tells themselves what should and should not do. Obviously, the purpose of directive language was persuading people. To what effect will directive function cause? If a police officer is telling a person to pull over his car, it is up to this person to make a choice. What if a group of friends were trying to persuade others to smoke marijuana? Directive language forces people to make