Interpersonal Function 人际功.pptVIP

Notions of Interpersonal Function According to Halliday, there are three meta-functions in every language system. One of them is called interpersonal function (IP for short). IP functions a lot in establishing and maintaining the social relationships between speakers throughout the use of language in daily life. Halliday observed “Here, speaker is using language as the means of his own intrusion into the speech event: the expression of his comments, attitudes and evaluations, and also of the relationship that he sets up between himself and the listener-in particular the communication role that