Phatic

readmorewikipedia:

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

readmorewikipedia:

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? 

Posted 1 year ago 156 notes

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  1. jibun-sakujo reblogged this from readmorewikipedia and added:
    Speaker one: “What’s up?” Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
  2. dislikesocialnetworking reblogged this from readmorewikipedia
  3. verbosity reblogged this from readmorewikipedia and added:
    Speaker one: “What’s up?”...Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
  4. 1706littlebohemian reblogged this from readmorewikipedia
  5. ascoldasearth reblogged this from drtuesdaygjohnson
  6. shiyiya reblogged this from telegantmess and added:
    This is why the british “Alright?” confuses me. (I’m not sure if it’s generally british, actually, only my Yorkshire...
  7. didakticodix reblogged this from readmorewikipedia
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  13. thewetmale reblogged this from smashedbear and added:
    I *love* the term phatic
  14. pachypodiumhorombense reblogged this from 77825225672443 and added:
    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.”...
  15. insincerityasanartform reblogged this from readmorewikipedia
  16. telegantmess reblogged this from clitoritastic and added:
    These exchanges routinely make me uncomfortable as hell. If we aren’t exchanging information, then why are we talking?
  17. fullmoonovertampa reblogged this from readmorewikipedia and added:
    Speaker one: “What’s up?”...Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
  18. blueletter reblogged this from clitoritastic
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  22. clitoritastic reblogged this from boogerbrains
  23. lilwhaadini reblogged this from readmorewikipedia and added:
    A majority of the conversations I have.
  24. thousandhandbrightskycannon reblogged this from readmorewikipedia
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  26. mellymouse reblogged this from readmorewikipedia and added:
    it’s so nice to learn that there are words for things like this
  27. mangotea reblogged this from readmorewikipedia

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