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​Telling lies is an example of  function of human language.

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​It is the function of language that allows people some measure of getting control over events that occur in their lives.

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​There are seven initial functions of children's language: function, regulatory function, representational function, interactional function, personal function, heuristic function and imaginative function.

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​The function refers to the use of language to communicate knowledge about the world, to report events, to make statements, to give accounts, to explain relationships, to relay messages and so on.

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​There are seven initial functions of children's language: instrumental function, regulatory function, representational function, interactional function, personal function, heuristic function and function.

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​The instrumental function of a language refers to the fact that the language allows speakers to get things done.

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​There are seven initial functions of children's language: instrumental function, regulatory function, representational function, interactional function, personal function, function and imaginative function.

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​The term communion introduced by the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski refers to language used for establishing an atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging facts.

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​The function refers to language used in an attempt to control events once they happen.

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​The function refers to language used to ensure social maintenance.

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​Phonetics is a study of the sound system of a language.

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 is the study of speech sounds of all human languages.

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There are six sub-branches of linguistics within the language system: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and .

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pragmatics

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Of the sub-branches of linguistics, studies meaning in use or meaning in context.

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〇f the sub-branches of linguistics,  studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed.

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Phonetics is the science that deals with the sound system of a language. 

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Of the sub-branches of linguistics,  can be simply defined as the study of the meaning of words, phrase and sentences.

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Of the sub-branches of linguistics,  concentrates on how words are combined to form phrases and how phrases are combined into sentences. 

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 is the study of the meaning of words and sentences.