GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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Imaginative
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Heuristic
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Instrumental
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Personal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Heuristic function-language that is used to explore, learn and discover. This could include questions or a running commentary of a child’s actions. Imaginative function-the use of language to tell stories and create imaginary constructs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Imaginative: Here language is used to tell stories and jokes, and to create an imaginary environment. Representational: The use of language to convey facts and information.
Detailed explanation-3: -Heuristic Function Once children have recognised the boundary between themselves and the environment, then they can start exploring what is around them. Halliday calls this the Heuristic function of language. An early use of this function is to use it to ask for the name of something.