HALLIDAY

• What is the instrumental function?

  language used to fulfil a need on the part of the speaker
• what is the regulatory function?

  language used to influence the behaviour of others
• what is the interactional function?

  language used to develop social relationships and ease the process of interaction
• what is the personal function?

  language used to express the personal preferences and identity of the speaker
• what is the representational function?

  language used to exchange information
• what is the heuristic function?

  language used to learn and explore the environment
• what is the imaginative function?

  language used to explore the imagination