What are the communicative functions or pragmatics of communication?

Modified on Sun, 27 Sep, 2020 at 11:19 AM

What are Communicative Functions?

Communication is not merely about requesting for basic wants and needs! It includes the various purposes for which we communicate or convey information or have a interaction with others.

Communicative functions	Few examples of vocabulary you can choose
Greetings	Hi, Hello, Bye, good morning, good evening, good bye
Requesting	I want ice-cream, I want to go to park, give me juice, more water, give me that
Denial / protesting / rejecting	No, don’t want, don’t do that, stop,
Describing	Red ball, tall man, clean hands, dirty ball etc.
Asking questions	What is that, Who is that, Where are we going, When is he coming, How does this work, Why are we going, what time
Commenting	I like it, this is cool, wow, awesome!
Responding to questions	I am fine. I agree. I like it.
Sharing / relating information	I went to my friend’s house. I ate a pizza, I saw a movie
Directing attention	Look here, see this
Joking	Relating jokes
Suggesting	Let’s go for a movie, let’s go to the park
Confirmation	Yes, It is, I meant
Clarification	Is It? Did you mean?

Important

Ensure that you don't limit your interaction to Questions, requests or instructions - use more comments, suggestions, greetings, opinions etc. - encourage the use of a wide range of communication pragmatics - the purpose of communication!

E.g. Relating information

Teach how to Relate or share information using Avaz