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Non-Fiction Analysis - speeches

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TOOL 2. Message functions:<br />

(tekstfunktioner)<br />

3 main message functions:<br />

1. The informative language function(informative tekstfunktion)<br />

Focus: on contents /factual information, the outside world.<br />

Markers (markører): factual, logos appeals, neutral words<br />

2. The expressive language function(ekspressive tekstfunktion)<br />

Focus: on the sender (attitude, feelings, character)<br />

Markers: e.g. personal pronun (I), adjectives, pathos, ethos)<br />

3. The directive language function(direktive tekstfunktion)<br />

Focus: on the receiver (what to think or do, etc.)<br />

Markers: imperative, pathos, inclusive„we‟, direct address)<br />

(inklusivt „vi‟) (direkte tiltale)

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