This section of HLW helps describe and define various types of discoures. The structure of text and linguistic interactions is important to understand. There are conjunctive and conference relationships that help individuals draw conclusions to the various meanings of a sentence. For example, I know that I use the conference relationship close to a million times a day when speaking. Where there is a declarative statement in the beginning and then a series of adjectives to describe that statement. I find these types of structures interesting because you hear a lot that you "cannot come into the middle of the conversation" because you simply do not know the subject of what they are talking about. The subject is established in the beginning and then spoken about afterwards.
HLW even goes as far to say that conversations are a series of monologues put together to create dialogues. In a way this has some truth to it but conversations require constant breaks and continuations to work. This idea of turn taking came as individuals need to get a point across which required others to listen. Furthermore, parents also play a pivotal role in teaching this idea of taking turns. I can remember as a child how many times my parents would tell me to stop and let them finish or let my brothers finish speaking.
Usually, determining what to speak breaks down into what we want from others. Either what it is we want them to know or do. These are broken down into representative, directive, expressive or declarative statements. These statements are vital to understand and relate to what it is that others want. Again, this comes back to parents because they would always tell me to use certain statements to either get what i want or make a point. I can distinctly remember my father always telling me to make declarative statements.... basically do not be indecisive.
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