英语作文：语言的作用 The roles of language.docVIP

The roles of language Language is an important way for us to communicate, so the most obvious function of language is to transmit information. We talk about something through language, the words we use always have a clear direction, such as imparting knowledge or just about what happened yesterday. After we receive information from others, we often need to express our opinions. That’s how we finally complete the process of communication, in the meantime, language completes its second function, emotional function. We express our feelings through exclamations, adverb, criticism and so on. In real life, because of the different positions of both sides, language also has a function of “You”, this usually occurs in the words of command or calls to others. For example, a general says, “soldiers, I’m satisfied with you.” Here language plays both emotional role and “You” role. Besides the three roles mentioned before, language has a special function only for interpersonal communication. For example, after we say hello, we always ask,” have you eaten?”” how are you doing?” Or we may talk about the weather. At this time, what we are interested in is not the information, but just to talk. In most cases, the first few words we say are this function. Language also plays an important role in itself. All definitions of words, interpretations of ideas are the function of language to itself. Dictionary is the most direct explanation of this function. The last I’d like to talk about is the entertainment function. This function often appears in poems, songs and articles. From the beauty of pronunciation to the use of rhetoric, the authors change their ways of expression to bring us different feelings. The above six functions are the main roles of language, besides, there are many different functions of language. For the general parts, Language is one of the important characteristics of a nation even an area. And as an important tool of communication, it will certainly have an impact o