Language Functions

Language Functions

1. Are caracterized by

   • Expanded Language Functions
     • Such As
       • Displacement
         • Which Takes places when, due to more knowledge gained from experience, the learner replaces an old function for a new one which is more specific and effective to express and idea, concept or make a request, quiestion, etc.
           • For Instance, a three year old child expresses his desire to play with his ball so he might say "ball", but as he grows up and learns from interaction with his environment, learns that he can express the desire better by saying "me play outside" at four or five years and then at age eight, saying "i want to play with my ball" or as a teenager as "Can I play with my ball?"
       • Semanticity
         • Semanticity dscribes the language "tags" that reprecent entities in a person's mind that in turn represent objects of the real world or ideas. Thiese tags have a correspondence with a word or part of speech. This correspondece is a relation that the person creates between the concept and the word or part of speech. These tags evolve with experience and over time to become more sofisticated and compex.
       • Flexibility
         • The ability by which a person, with sufficient expanded language functions, is able to use language functions to think critically, communicate assertively and accurately even in situations that are not familiar to them,. This required the use of known langauge functions that need to be adapted to be used in new but similar contexts , making communication accurate and efficient.
       • Productivity
         • Due to advance language function expansions, greate flexibility, semanticity and a great deal of displacements, a person can use language in various ways and also produce semantically complex linguistic elements to express concepts. This is the result of a long time of experience with the language and the adapting , modifying and upgrading of language functions.
       • Redundancy
         • Redundancy occurs when a person can use different language functions to express the same idea. If the person lacks of sufficient and adequate language functions then the person produces a speech that is redundant and hard to follow, whereas a person with great language skills can express a concept in many different ways.
       • Concrete Cognition
         • Through social interaction and experiences, humans learn patterns of language that overlap and substitue old ones allowing for a better use of the language to convey information. The use and complexity of functions of displacement, flexibility, productivity and redundancy are increased. This process is called

2. Are defined as

   • The mecanisms by which humans communicate their thought and ideas as well as things such as intentions, desires, wishes, fears, statements, feelings etc. These mecanism include words, utterances and other non-verbal signs that improve over time to become well-structured specific statements eliminating the factor of doubt or ambiguity.

3. Derive from

   • Semantic Relationships
     • As products of
       • Social Interactions
       • Perception of the world
       • Sensory Input
     • Created by

4. Are the product of

   • Social Knowledge
     • The relationships that an agent recognizes between himself and the rest of the actors in the environment. This knowledge is the product of an agent's interaction with its own environment and social interaction.
   • Cognitive Knowledge
     • The development of thinking and reasoning based on the concepts learned through perception and social interaction. It is what the individual learns to be able to communicate concepts.