Halliday's functions of speech and Dore's categories

Halliday's and Dore

There are 6 Halliday's functions of speech which are all a part of the child  language acquisition. The 6 functions are; regulatory, interactional, personal, representational, heuristic, imaginative 

They are all listed below and explained:

– Regulatory: to influence the behavior of others

– Interactional: to develop social relationships and ease the process of interaction

– Personal: to express the personal preferences and identity of the speaker

– Representational: to exchange information

– Heuristic: to learn and explore the environment

– Imaginative: to explore the imagination 

John Dore created an alternative to Hallidays theory of language functions. He focused more on each individuals utterances.

– Labelling: naming a person, object or place

– Repeating: repeating an adult word or utterance

– Answering: responding to an utterance of another speaker

– Requesting action: asking for something to be done for them

– Calling: greeting someones attention

– Greeting: greeting someone

– Protesting: objecting to request from others

– Practising: using language when no adult is present

I started to look at the transcript of Zachy 2;4 and began to analyse and pick out features from the Halliday and Dore research. Zach uses 'labeling' in this transcript and an example of this is when he says "some biscuits" as he is picking out and naming that particular piece of food that he has eaten. When Zach responds to a question that his mum has just asked him about what happened earlier with his food and says "I got food on the floor" is an example of him 'answering'. An example of when Zach is 'requesting action' is when he asks "where's my little pad gone?" and this is because Zach is requesting assistance from his mum and is wanting help. Zach also uses the function of 'protesting' when he says "I don't like bolognay".



http://www.francisgilbert.co.uk/2009/06/hallidays-functions-of-language-in-the-child-language-acquisition-debate-by-nick-christodoulou/

https://quizlet.com/1014569/language-acquisition-flash-cards/