Halliday 

– Regulatory: Language used to influence the behavior of others. Concerned with persuading / commanding / requesting other people to do things you want.

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'Look'-imperative

– Interactional: Language used to develop social relationships and ease the process of interaction. Concerned with the phatic dimension of talk.

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'yes I course you can mummy!'

– Personal: Language used to express the personal preferences and identity of the speaker. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Here I am!’ function – announcing oneself to the world.

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'I cutting round the edge!'

– Representational: Language used to exchange information. Concerned with relaying or requesting information.

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– Heuristic: Language used to learn and explore the environment. Child uses language to learn; this may be questions and answers, or the kind of running commentary that frequently accompanies children’s play.

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– Imaginative: Language used to explore the imagination. May also accompany play as children create imaginary worlds, or may arise from storytelling.

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Dore language development 

FUNCTION	EXAMPLE
LABELLING	Naming or identifying a person, object or experience
REPEATING	Echoing something spoken by an adult speaker
ANSWERING	Giving a direct response to an utterance from another speaker
REQUESTING ACTION	Demanding food, drink, toy, assistance etc
CALLING	Attracting attention by shouting
GREETING	Pretty self explanatory
PROTESTING	Objecting to requests etc
PRACTISING	Using and repeating language when no adult is present