Phatic
In linguistics, a phatic expression is one whose only function is to perform a social task, as opposed to conveying information.
Speaker one: “What’s up?” Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”And each just walks on.
So…pretty much everything that comes out of my mouth?
Phatic
In linguistics, a phatic expression is one whose only function is to perform a social task, as opposed to conveying information.
Speaker one: “What’s up?” Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”And each just walks on.
So…pretty much everything that comes out of my mouth?
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Speaker one: “What’s up?” Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
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Speaker one: “What’s up?”...Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
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This is why the british “Alright?” confuses me. (I’m not sure if it’s generally british, actually, only my Yorkshire...
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I *love* the term phatic
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WAIT HOLD ON You mean, every time someone’s asked this and I’ve gone ‘I’m a bit miserable, a such and such has etc.”...
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These exchanges routinely make me uncomfortable as hell. If we aren’t exchanging information, then why are we talking?
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Speaker one: “What’s up?”...Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
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A majority of the conversations I have.
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it’s so nice to learn that there are words for things like this
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