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    Phatic interpretations and phatic communication

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    Authors
    Žegarac, Vladimir
    Clark, Billy
    Issue Date
    1999-07-01
    Subjects
    phatic communication
    
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    Abstract
    This paper considers how the notion of phatic communication can best be understood within the framework of Relevance Theory. To a large extent, we are exploring a terminological question: which things which occur during acts of verbal communication should the term 'phatic' apply to? The term is perhaps most frequently used in the phrase 'phatic communication', which has been thought of as an essentially social phenomenon and therefore beyond the scope of cognitive pragmatic theories. We suggest, instead, that the term should be applied to interpretations and that an adequate account of phatic interpretations requires an account of the cognitive processes involved in deriving them. Relevance Theory provides the basis for such an account. In section 1, we indicate the range of phenomena to be explored. In section 2, we outline the parts of Relevance Theory which are used in our account. In section 3, we argue that the term 'phatic' should be applied to interpretations, and we explore predictions about phatic interpretations which follow from the framework of Relevance Theory, including the claim that phatic interpretations should be derived only when non-phatic interpretations are not consistent with the Principle of Relevance. In section 4 we consider cases where cognitive effects similar to those caused by phatic interpretations are conveyed but not ostensively communicated. © 1999 Cambridge University Press.
    Citation
    Žegarac V, Clark B (1999) 'Phatic interpretations and phatic communication', Journal of Linguistics, 35 (2), pp.321-346.
    Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
    Journal
    Journal of Linguistics
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623679
    DOI
    10.1017/S0022226799007628
    Additional Links
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-linguistics/article/phatic-interpretations-and-phatic-communication/5F1ABE68829D39D0A48E3C433AC7DF01
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    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0022-2267
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1017/S0022226799007628
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