Definition of phatic in English:

phatic

adjective ˈfatɪkˈfædɪk

Denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions. Utterances such as hello, how are you? and nice morning, isn't it? are phatic.
（语言）交际性的，应酬的
Example sentencesExamples
- Roman Jakobson defines the phatic as a ‘contact function’ in language, ‘serving primarily to establish, to prolong, or to discontinue communication’ between speaker and interlocutor.
- I made a phatic utterance that sounded something like ‘uhmmhmm.’
- But there are many instances where the address carries no more specific a meaning than is conveyed by ‘lovely days, isn't it ’, what the linguists call phatic utterances.
- The patterns of exchange characteristic of chats are phatic, and their primary purpose is to get and maintain a social link.
- It is easy to imagine that characters frequently urge each other to ‘come’ do this or that or simply ‘come,’ where these phatic or merely gestural uses are much rarer in poetry.

Origin

1920s: from Greek phatos 'spoken' or phatikos 'affirming'.

Definition of phatic in US English:

phatic

adjectiveˈfadikˈfædɪk

Denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions. Utterances such as hello, how are you? and nice morning, isn't it? are phatic.
（语言）交际性的，应酬的
Example sentencesExamples
- I made a phatic utterance that sounded something like ‘uhmmhmm.’
- But there are many instances where the address carries no more specific a meaning than is conveyed by ‘lovely days, isn't it ’, what the linguists call phatic utterances.
- The patterns of exchange characteristic of chats are phatic, and their primary purpose is to get and maintain a social link.
- Roman Jakobson defines the phatic as a ‘contact function’ in language, ‘serving primarily to establish, to prolong, or to discontinue communication’ between speaker and interlocutor.
- It is easy to imagine that characters frequently urge each other to ‘come’ do this or that or simply ‘come,’ where these phatic or merely gestural uses are much rarer in poetry.

Origin

1920s: from Greek phatos ‘spoken’ or phatikos ‘affirming’.

单词	phatic
释义	Definition of phatic in English: phatic adjective ˈfatɪkˈfædɪk Denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions. Utterances such as hello, how are you? and nice morning, isn't it? are phatic. （语言）交际性的，应酬的 Example sentencesExamples Roman Jakobson defines the phatic as a ‘contact function’ in language, ‘serving primarily to establish, to prolong, or to discontinue communication’ between speaker and interlocutor. I made a phatic utterance that sounded something like ‘uhmmhmm.’ But there are many instances where the address carries no more specific a meaning than is conveyed by ‘lovely days, isn't it ’, what the linguists call phatic utterances. The patterns of exchange characteristic of chats are phatic, and their primary purpose is to get and maintain a social link. It is easy to imagine that characters frequently urge each other to ‘come’ do this or that or simply ‘come,’ where these phatic or merely gestural uses are much rarer in poetry. Origin 1920s: from Greek phatos 'spoken' or phatikos 'affirming'. Definition of phatic in US English: phatic adjectiveˈfadikˈfædɪk Denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions. Utterances such as hello, how are you? and nice morning, isn't it? are phatic. （语言）交际性的，应酬的 Example sentencesExamples I made a phatic utterance that sounded something like ‘uhmmhmm.’ But there are many instances where the address carries no more specific a meaning than is conveyed by ‘lovely days, isn't it ’, what the linguists call phatic utterances. The patterns of exchange characteristic of chats are phatic, and their primary purpose is to get and maintain a social link. Roman Jakobson defines the phatic as a ‘contact function’ in language, ‘serving primarily to establish, to prolong, or to discontinue communication’ between speaker and interlocutor. It is easy to imagine that characters frequently urge each other to ‘come’ do this or that or simply ‘come,’ where these phatic or merely gestural uses are much rarer in poetry. Origin 1920s: from Greek phatos ‘spoken’ or phatikos ‘affirming’.
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