Jakobson allocates a communicative function to each of the components.
The context or referential function
is what is being spoken of, what is being referred to. A context is necessary from which the object of communication is drawn.
The poetic function
is allocated to the message. Messages convey more than just the content. Rhetorical figures, pitch or loudness are some aspects of the poetic function.
The emotive function
focuses on the addresser. The addresser's own attitude towards the content of the message is emphazised. Examples are emphatic speech or interjections.
The conative function
is allocated to the addressee. It refers to those aspects of language which aim to create a certain response in the addressee.
The phatic function helps to establish contact and refers to the channel of communication. Some of these utterances only serve to maintain contact between two speakers.
The metalinguistic function deals with the code itself. This is the function of language about language.
the fork
Analysis of Functions
The context function: how Jennica used the fork and for what purpose
The conative function: Jennica
The emotive function: Valentina
The phatic function: the contact is created though touch.
The metalinguistic function: is the English language and gestures
the antistress objects
Analysis of Functions
The context function: where jennica bought the antistress objects
The conative function: Jennica
The emotive function: Valentina
The phatic function: the contact is created though touch.
The metalinguistic function: is the English language and gestures
the hammer
Analysis of Functions
The context function: hammering down a nail in the floor
The conative function: Jennica
The emotive function: Valentina
The phatic function: the contact is created though gesture.
The metalinguistic function: is the English language and action
distant communicaton vs face to face interaction
Analysis of Functions
The context function: can not be shared as the addresser and the addressee are in two different locations.
The conative function: Jennica
The emotive function: Valentina
The phatic function: the contact can't be created though thouch.
The metalinguistic function: is the English language and the technical medium that addresser and addressee decide to use