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Form Meaning Use

How is the vocabulary What meaning does the When or why is the
unit, functional vocabulary, functional vocabulary, functional
expression, or grammar expression or grammar expression or grammar
structure formed? structure have in the structure used?
(specific) context?

How is a unit of language What does the unit of When and why is the unit
formed? language mean? of language used?

Form refers to the There are two aspects of The words, functional
visible and audible meaning. First, what is expressions, grammar
parts of vocabulary, literal or ‘essential’ structures we choose to
functional expressions meaning of the word, use are determined by the
and grammar units: phrase, functional situation we are in and/or
the spelling, expression or grammar what we want to
phonemes, words in a structure? Second, what communicate to our
phrase, prefixes or does it mean in the listener(s). Use is
suffixes, syntax (word context it’s being used in? interconnected with
order), choice of noun meaning.
or verb, etc for a For example: She’s
particular place in a wearing a red skirt. The For example: Please
sentence, and/or literal or essential note: Mail will not be
punctuation. meaning of the word has delivered on Thursdays
to do with naming a until further notice. The
For example: the particular color. passive voice is used
present perfect is appropriately here
formed with have She’s red from sitting in because it is more formal
been plus the past the sun. Her skin has and objective; because
participle of the main turned a particular shade listeners know generally
of pink indicating
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verb; tired of is sunburn. that postmen deliver the
followed by mail and that this decision
Ving/gerund not an to He was a well-known red. was made by a nameless
V/infinitive, in my Red indicates the government or postal
opinion and not on my person’s political beliefs official; and because the
opinion; the word is and affiliation. what is crucial to
spelled c-o-n-t-e-n-t communicate is the fact
and the second that there will be no
syllable is stressed postal delivery on the
specified day for the
foreseeable future.

For example: Good


morning! is a greeting we
use with friends, family,
our boss, etc. when we
see them before noon. If
we say Good morning! to a
family morning as s/he
gets up in the afternoon
(because they were out
late the night before), we
are being ironic and
perhaps indicating
disapproval. We would
probably not say this to
our boss when s/he came
in late.

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