Steven Pinker: What our language habits reveal

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought/transcript?language=en

"that language, rather, emerges from human minds interacting from one another. And this is visible in the unstoppable change in language --the fact that by the time the Academy finishes their dictionary, it will already be well out of date."

"We see it in the constant appearance of slang and jargon, of the historical change in languages, in divergence of dialects and the formation of new languages. So language is not so much a creator or shaper of human nature, so much as a window onto human nature."

"Second conclusion is that the ability to conceive of a given event in two different ways, such as "cause something to go to someone" and "causing someone to have something,"...Just to give you a few examples: "ending a pregnancy" versus "killing a fetus;" "a ball of cells" versus "an unborn child;" "invading Iraq" versus "liberating Iraq;"

Text 5-Instructions

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1997/classic-victoria-sandwich
Form- Recipe/instructions
Purpose- To inform people how to make a cake
Audience- Anyone that bakes

Text 4-Transcript

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33646542
Form-Transcript of an interview (including video)
Purpose- To entertain/inform
Audience- Everyone

Text 3-Tabloid article

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Angry-unions-claim-South-Gloucestershire-school/story-27795236-detail/story.html
Form- Tabloid article
Purpose- To inform about recent strikes
Audience- Everyone

Text 2-Review

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_age_of_adaline/
Form- Review
Purpose- To critique the film so people know whether they should watch it or not
Audience- Film audience (PG-13)

Text 1-Broadsheet article

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/16/first-trailer-for-disney-live-action-jungle-book-remake-mowgli
Form- Broadsheet Article (and video)
Purpose-To inform people about the new film
Audience- Film lovers/educated readers

'8 pronunciation errors that made the English language what it is today' - The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/11/pronunciation-errors-english-language