Publication details
On Phatic Function of Language
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Patterns. A Festschrift for Libuše Dušková. |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | phatic function; sociolinguistic criteria; re-accentuation; context-dependence |
| Description | The article brings the results of the long-term research into phatic devices present in the discourse of fiction and drama, drawing conclusions with regard to their context-dependence.Comparison of standpoints (Malinowski vs. Bakhtin) forms the theoretical background of the given interpretation. |
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