alleryWhich function relates to the addresser, as in the exclamation "Wow, what a view!"?
AConative function
BMetalingual function
CReferential function
DEmotive function
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Emotive function
1. The exclamation shows the speaker's inner feeling.
2. Interjections that reveal the speaker's state belong to the emotive function.
3. Conative addresses the listener; referential describes context.
_Source: Wikipedia, Jakobson's functions of language, The six functions of language_
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