allery"Tom! Come inside and eat!" mainly serves the:
AEmotive function
BPoetic function
CConative function
DReferential function
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Conative function
1. The conative function engages the addressee directly.
2. It is best shown by vocatives and imperatives.
3. "Tom!" is a vocative and "Come inside and eat!" is an imperative.
4. So the line is conative.
**Why not the others:** Emotive shows the speaker's feelings, poetic focuses on the message itself, and referential describes the context.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Jakobson's functions of language", section "The six functions of language" (revision 1326316540)_
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