Of 29 surveys distributed nine completed surveys were returned. This feedback has been used to guide the specifications for the program, which is CD-ROM based, utilises only 256 colours and although being developed on Macintosh is delivered on both Macintosh and IBM platforms. This grammar links a description of the context to relevant features of the language that occurs in particular situations. However, the association between language and context is not one-way. For example, we can construct relationships through talk as well as expressing them through our speech.
Language is multifunctional.
Whenever we say something we are simultaneously achieving different purposes. Represent our experience of the world. This is known as the ideational function. Do things, often involving other people. This is known as the interpersonal function.