Phatic communion at first appears to break Grice's conversational maxims, because it denotationally appears to give … See more

The term phatic communion ('bonding by language') was coined by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in his essay "The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages", which appeared in 1923 as a supplement… See more

Many expressions generally considered to be phatic (see below) may be a genuine request for information in certain contexts. For example, in British English, "How are you?" is a phatic expression used when greeting so… See more

Danish has several phatic greetings:
• Hvordan går det? 'how goes it?'. Possible answers are: Det går godt/fint 'it goes good/fine'.
• Hvor'n skær'en? 'how does it cut?' Informal greeting between close friends.… See more

Non-verbal phatic expressions are used in nonverbal communication for emphasis or to add detail to the message that a person conveys or expresses. Common examples of these are smiling, gesturing, waving, etc. According t… See more

Phatic expressions are used on different communication platforms on the internet such as social media networks where certain platforms require and prompt certain actions to be made between users to communica… See more