Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Phatic expression
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Purpose== Phatic communion denotationally breaks [[Cooperative principle|Grice's conversational maxims]], because it gives information that is unnecessary, untrue, or irrelevant; however, it has important connotational meanings that do not break these maxims<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Padilla Cruz |first=Manuel |date=2005 |title=Teaching to be phatic: a pragmatic approach |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285142207 |journal=Estudios de Metodología de la Lengua Inglesa |volume=3}}</ref> and is best understood as an important part of language in its role in establishing, maintaining, and managing bonds of sociality between participants,<ref>Malinowski, B. (1923) "The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages”, in: Charles K. Ogden and Ian A. Richards, ''The Meaning of Meaning'', 296–336, London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner</ref> as well as creating feelings of solidarity and familiarity, and putting participants at ease.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110907643/html?lang=en |title=Organization of Behavior in Face-to-Face Interaction |date=2011-06-15 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |isbn=978-3-11-090764-3 |language=en |doi=10.1515/9783110907643|editor-last1=Kendon |editor-last2=Harris |editor-last3=Key |editor-first1=Adam |editor-first2=Richard M |editor-first3=Mary R }}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)