PURPOSES/FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE

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Across
  1. 2. Language used in a literary, stylistic or imaginative way. It focuses on language patterns and how language is manipulated.(EXAMPLES- poems)
  2. 4. Language used in ceremonial or religious traditions.(EXAMPLES- Wedding vows, court oath)
  3. 6. Language used to state our feelings, ideas or attitudes without necessarily taking the audience into consideration.(EXAMPLES- diaries, journals)
  4. 7. Language about when we comment on, discuss or refer to language itself.(EXAMPLE-A critic of someone's essay or poem)
Down
  1. 1. Language used to get a response or a reaction from our audience or receiver. (Examples- A teacher asking a question. A comedian giving a joke)
  2. 3. Language used to maintain contact with other human beings.(EXAMPLES- Greetings, asking someone they are doing)
  3. 5. Where language is employed with the intention of conveying information to others.(EXAMPLES- News broadcast, a bulleting board, textbook)