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s view phatic function directive function informative function interrogative function expressive function evocative function performative function Phatic: establishing an atmosphere or maintaining social contact. Directive: get the hearer to do something. Informative: give information about facts. Interrogative: get information from others. Expressive: express feelings and attitudes of the speaker. Evocative: create certain feelings in the hearer (amuse, startle, soothe, worry or please) Performative: language is used to do things, to perform actions. ? 親,這種背景的圖片是備注 ? The “phatic function” refers to language being used for setting up a certain atmosphere or maintaining social contacts(rather than for exchanging information or ideas). Greetings, farewells, and ments on the weather in English and on clothing in Chinese all serve this function. Much of the phatic language (. “How are you?” “Fine, thanks.”) is insincere if taken literally, but it is important. If you don39。 Halliday’s view From early on in his account of language, Halliday has argued that it is inherently functional. His early papers on the grammar of English make reference to the functional ponents of language, as generalized uses of language, which, since they seem to determine the nature of the language system, require to be incorporated into our account of that system. Halliday argues that this functional anization of language determines the form taken by grammatical structure. Ideational metafunction The ideational function is