Phatic Communion in Authentic and Fictional Dialogues as Expression of Social Mutuality
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Slovak Studies in English I, The proceedings of the conference organized on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the opening of British and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | phatic communion; dialogues; authentic; fictional; social mutuality |
| Description | The article deals with the linguistic means in English used with the aim of expressing social contact. Comparison between authentic and fictional dialogues is drawn as to their function in communicating meaning and the use of phatic devices is interpreted accordingly. |
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