List and explain the five functional communication competencies identified by researcher Barbara Wood.

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The Answer is Ideal answers will include the following brief explanations: •Controlling: Language can be used to influence or control others. •Informing: Language can be used to convey as well as to gather information through the processes of questioning, describing, reinforcing, and withholding information or opinions. •Feeling: Language can be used to show others how much we value or do not value them by the emotions we express-this function is primarily relational. •Imagining: Language can be used to think, play, and be creative-we use this function when we create works of fiction as well as when we think ahead and anticipate what someone else will say. •Ritualizing: Language can be used to manage our conversations and relationships. We express our understanding of the ritualizing competency when we say the right thing at the right time.

List and Explain the Five Functional Communication Competencies Identified by Researcher