Questão 49 - PAS - UFLA 1 Etapa 2022-2024

Read Passage 2 carefully, and then answer the question.

 

PASSAGE 2

 

[1] Language is a vital tool for communication. It is not only a means of communicating thoughts and ideas, but 
it builds friendships, economic relationships, and cultural ties. We can communicate only with signs without 
language. Moreover, a language distinguishes the differences and also celebrates the uniqueness of cultures in a 
country or in a region or in a community. A language shapes the way people perceive the world and it also helps 
[5] to define the culture of any society. Any language is a gift; the knowledge of more than one language makes a 
man more efficient and skillful in many ways. It opens our minds and guides us into a magical world of fancies 
and dreams. The proper learning of language helps us to develop ourselves, our minds, and also our personality. 
Human language is unique because it is a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically 
inherited for some people. 

[10]    The three important functions of a language are as follows: 
    1. Informative function: 
    The primary function of a language is to communicate any information. This function accepts or denies 
assumptions such as the scientific fact or the factual statements. This function helps us to state the logical facts 
clearly. 
[15]    2. Expressive Function: 
    The secondary function of a language is to convey the feelings or emotions or attitudes of somebody. We 
have poetry and other forms of literature in order to express our inner feelings in a better way. They evoke our 
feelings and also express our feelings. 
    3. Directive Function: 
[20]    This function of language directs us to do some action. We come across directive function in requests and 
commands. 
Hence it is proved that language plays an important role in different walks of life. 

Available at: The Importance of the English Language in the world. Available at: www.ukessays.com/essays/english-language/the importance-of- the-english-language-in- theworld-english-language-essay.php. (adapted) Accessed on: 30/3/2022.

Passage 2 is divided into two parts. The first is a paragraph and in the second the text is divided into topics. In the first part the author’s main goal is to