alleryA teacher explains the meaning of the word "noun" using language. Which function is this?
AEmotive function
BPhatic function
CMetalingual function
DReferential function
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Metalingual function
1. Here language is being used to describe language itself.
2. Using the code to discuss or describe itself is the metalingual function.
3. Referential would describe things in the world, not the code.
_Source: Wikipedia, Jakobson's functions of language, The six functions of language_
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