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Basic principles by Thornbury
Do we infer the speaker’s intention when it comes to grammar and function?
Yes
While traditional grammar is based on the written form of the language, spoken language has its own distinctive grammar
True
There is one-to-one match between grammatical form and communicative function
True
Thornbury states that one function can be expressed by different forms
True
Representational meaning facilitates the way we interact with other people
False
Contextual information doesn’t play a key role in our interpretation of what a speaker means
False
What do pedagogical rules include?
rules of form and use
What are four levels of a language in use?
text, sentence, word, sound
What are two kinds of meaning?
representional and interpersonal
Grammar makes a meaning___when____is lacking
clear;contextual
