GOOD MORNING!

JAKOBSON’S MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

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Roman Osipovich Jakobson
(Russian: Рома́н О́сипович
Якобсо́ н; October 11, 1896 – July
18, 1982) was a Russian-American
linguist and literary theorist.

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JAKOBSON’S MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

Jakobson proposes that each of these six factors

(addresser, message, context, contact, code, and
addressee) determines a different linguistic function.

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6 components:
1. Addresser- also sender.
2. Addressee- the receiver.
3. Context- background of the culture and situation.
4. Message- the idea to be express.
5. Code - how does communication begin.
6. Contact- ways in which message is conveyed.

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Addresser
Functions of language

1. Cognitive- how those the receiver respond.

2. Emotive- feelings and attitudes of sender.
3. Conative- how does the receiver respond.
4. Phatic- establishing a bond, “how are you?”
5. Metalingual- how does the language work?
6. Poetic- form and style of message.

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Jakobson’s model

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Roman Jakobson’s model of verbal communication

In 1950 Roman Jakobson (Russian linguist) introduced a

theory concerning the purposes of the language used in
human communication.

This model of communications functions consists of two

layers of description:

1. The various elements of language use

(factors/components of verbal communication)

2. What humans do with the language when they use it

(functions of verbal communication

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Janine
Janine
Thank you!

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