alleryUsing language to discuss language itself is the:
APhatic function
BPoetic function
CMetalingual function
DEmotive function
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Metalingual function
1. The metalingual function uses language, which Jakobson calls the code, to describe itself.
2. Explaining a word's meaning or a grammar rule is an example.
3. Phatic keeps contact, poetic plays with the message, and emotive shows feeling.
4. So talk about language is metalingual.
**Why not the others:** Phatic keeps contact, poetic plays with the message, and emotive shows feeling.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Jakobson's functions of language", section "The six functions of language" (revision 1326316540)_
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