Why Speech Delayed Children Only Speak When Asked to, Pt 2

So language function just means what's the point of talking? A lot of the times children will only talk when they need something. It's very need based. That's why in therapy we are people who can help children to get things that they cannot get themselves. And therefore what speech therapists or parents are trying to do is to teach them a longer form sentence in order to ask for things, requesting manding, whatever you call it. Right. So that's a very strong language function. The function is to ask for stuff. What about the other things? So to tackle the different language functions, we've got loads. If you search online language function then you'll see speech therapy. Language function is a keyword to search for, to search for. You have greeting, you have like asking questions, asking for clarification, commenting instruction, instructing other people, modifying other people's behavior, so on and so forth. These are all language functions. But how do you get someone to want to do that?