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Basic principles by Thornbury

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