Phatic communication
is a vital part of how we maintain our relationships with others.
Phatic exchange, the content of the conversation is not important.
Phatic function
excludes as well as includes certain readers.
Phatic communion
' was first used by the anthropologist, malinowski ( 1922; 1923 ).
Phatic level, little or no formal communication takes place.
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