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Meaning in

grammar
Group 9
 Nguyễn Thị Trà My
    Hứa Thị Hoàng Anh
    Phạm Thị Thúy Nga
    Phạm Thị Chiến
TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02 03
Experiential Interpersonal Textual
Meaning Meaning Meaning
01 Introduction
1. Irish broke his heart
2. Did Irish broke his heart
3. Irish must have broken his heart
4. She broke his heart
5. It was Irish who broke his heart
01 Experiential Meaning
Irish broke his heart
a person an action an object of an
action

The ways language represent our


experience of the world as well as our
thoughts and feelings
02 Interpersonal Meaning
Did Irish broke his heart => The listener
represent a person an action an object of an have to deny or
a question action confirm that the
event happened
Irish must have broken his heart
=> The likelihood of
a person prediction an object of an something happened
action
The ways we act upon others through
language and the way we express our
judgements and attitude
03
She
Textual Meaning
broke his heart
=> The listener need some
a person an action an object of an
context to understand who
action
“she” refers to

It was broke his heart


Irish who => The listener need
some context to
focus on an action an object of an action understand why the
Irish
speaker focus on “Irish”
The ways a stretch of
language is organised in
relation to its context
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