The purpose of the text 'Broken homes damage brains of infant children' is to inform the audience of the issues that arise for young children regarding their linguistic development if they have come from a 'broken home'. The Tone of the article is informative as it provides the audience with information as it explores peoples studies and opinions.The audience of the text is quite unclear as it doesn't indicate what newspaper the article is written in, so from the text within the article i can assume that the audience is adults, in particular parents as contextually this could be interpreted as a study to improve attitudes towards parenthood. The mode of the text is an article, in regards to graphology the codes and conventions of an article are met, for example, the article is set out in 3 formal columns underneath a bold title.
After reading the article i think an extreme view has been taken on whether or not a childs linguistic development is affected if they have come from a 'broken family'. The article fails to distinguish what exactly a 'broken family' is, in my opinion i think it entirely depends on the details of the situation as to whether or not a child's acquisition is going to be affected or not. As an example, if the parents are failing to provide their child with the appropriate care and guidance, leading to neglection then the chances of the child's acquisition being affected are quite high. However, the term 'broken family' is usually used to describe a family that is any other than the nuclear family, I.E a biological mother, father and a child/ren. If they are referring to any families other than the nuclear then i strongly disagree.
