The study of language functions by Arwood, E. L. (2010).

The study of language functions by Arwood, E. L. (2010).

1. Basic language functions

   • Language functions are the socio-cognitive processes of human's neuro-semantic language learning system. Dance. (1985)
   • It is also the result of the combination of the way a person uses the langauge to communicate and the way a person thinks.

2. Importantce of semantic realationships for learning to think.

   • It is about the child as an agent in relationship to his or her environment and how he or she learn through each experience
     • Relation among Agent + action + object.

3. Preoperational and concrete level of thinking

   • Moment in which the aent is learning more about how relate to others (Social development) and how He or She thinks about play (cognitive development)
   • At the concrete level of thinking speakers are able to think cleary about others and what others are thinking

4. Expanded and extended language functions

   • Extended language functions allow for an encreased meaning through extending meanings of basic concepts. Wittgeinstein. 2001
   • Expanded; the most important social and cognitive development acquired by a child learning to think critically and problem solve

5. Thinking and speech acts

   • Speech acts; these conversational language functions include rules for the context, verbal and non verbal characteristics.
     • On the other hand, thinking is the ability of building ideas based on our environment through experiences.

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