communicative function
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommunicativeandfunction
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communicative
adjective
uk/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/us/kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv/
willing to talk to people and give ...
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function
noun
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofcommunicativeandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thecommunicativefunctionof each dialogue act has a task-related and/or an interactive-related function, and this permits definition of the key notion of coherence.
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The dependent linguistic variant concerns the selection of pronoun number in acommunicativefunctionthat expresses an unknown, indefinite reference.
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To claim that the film's dialogue deployed profanity inappropriately emphasizes fit between context andcommunicativefunction, rather than fit between form and referentiality.
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It is much more feasible for a community to revive the symbolic functions of a language, without necessarily changing their language ofcommunicativefunction.
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In such situations, the level tone does not seem to reflect any specialcommunicativefunction.
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Implications for thecommunicativefunctionof gesture are discussed.
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Many noted that it was particularly important for understanding thecommunicativefunctionof the abstract sounding elements in a work.
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Functional linguistics considers thecommunicativefunctionof language as central to its concerns, but does not attempt to explain communicative ability itself.
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Grammatical judgment, on the other hand, is not a communicative task and the lack ofcommunicativefunctionmay result in lower language accuracy.
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If artificial languages are used, validity can be increased by conforming to universals of natural languages and by incorporatingcommunicativefunctioninto the language's design.
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Communicativefunction: explain the function of the requested object while asking for it (to go to the airport), to improve feedback.
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Lexical elements'communicativefunctionis to express referential meanings.
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Again, these results indicate that use of the marked word order depends oncommunicativefunctionrather than text category/genre.
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The cornerstone of traditional descriptive grammars is the construction : a recurrent pattern of linguistic elements that serves some well-definedcommunicativefunction.
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A third problem is that, even if the variants have the same truth value, they may differ in theircommunicativefunction.
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Whereas registers are defined by the situation in which a text occurs and itscommunicativefunction(s), text types are defined exclusively by the clustering of linguistic features.
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Medium suspension is not repaired precisely because, in the talk where it occurs, it serves somecommunicativefunction.
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Primary tone choice is seen as contributing in three main ways: it may signal information status,communicativefunction(speech act), or dominance/deference.
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