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This document discusses language as communication through both oral and written means. It covers several key topics: the functions of language including referential, expressive, phatic, poetic, and performative; theories of communicative competence put forth by Chomsky, Hymes, and Widdowson; the dimensions of communicative competence including grammatical, discourse, sociolinguistic, sociocultural, and strategic competence; the main features of oral versus written language; and factors that define a communicative situation such as the sender, receiver, functionality, and context. The document concludes with a bibliography.

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THEME 1 Outline

This document discusses language as communication through both oral and written means. It covers several key topics: the functions of language including referential, expressive, phatic, poetic, and performative; theories of communicative competence put forth by Chomsky, Hymes, and Widdowson; the dimensions of communicative competence including grammatical, discourse, sociolinguistic, sociocultural, and strategic competence; the main features of oral versus written language; and factors that define a communicative situation such as the sender, receiver, functionality, and context. The document concludes with a bibliography.

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THEME 1: LANGUAGE AS COMMUNICATION: ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

FACTORS WHICH DEFINE A COMMUNICATIVE SITUATION: SENDER, RECEIVER, FUNCTIONALITY AND CONTEXT 1. Introduction a. Language: different definitions b. Properties: communicative vs. informative, displacement, arbitrariness,

productivity, cultural transmission, discreteness, other properties 2. Functions of language a. Different functions: referential, expressive, phatic, poetic, performative b. Halliday: 3 metafunctions; ideational, interpersonal, textual 3. Theories of communicative competence a. Chomsky i. Theory of transformational grammar ii. Competence and performance iii. Problems b. Hymes i. Communicative competence ii. Competence, knowledge and ability for use c. Widdowson i. Ability to use language for different purposes ii. Speakers competence iii. Rules of grammar iv. Usage and use 4. Dimensions of communicative competence a. Grammatical competence b. Discourse competence c. Sociolinguistic competence d. Sociocultural competence e. Strategic competence 5. Oral and written language 1

a. Introduction about the history of their use b. Main features of speech and writing i. Grammatical ii. Lexical iii. Discourse 6. Factors which define a communicative situation a. Widdowson b. Jakobson 7. Conclusion 8. Bibliography

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