phaticadj.

Brit.

/ˈfatɪk/, U.S.

/ˈfædɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕατός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕατός spoken ( < ϕάναι to say ( < the same Indo-European base as ban v.) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ic suffix: see quot. 1923. Compare Hellenistic Greek ϕατικός assertory.

Of, designating, or relating to speech, utterances, etc., that serve to establish or maintain social relationships rather than to impart information, communicate ideas, etc.; esp. in phatic communion n. speech communication of this kind; (also) trivial or purely formal verbal contact.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered

expressed1548

verbal1580

outspoken1652

prolative1691

enunciative1831

spoken1851

phatic1923

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > phatic communion

phatic communion1923

1923 B. Malinowski in C. K. Ogden & I. A. Richards Meaning of Meaning 478 There can be no doubt that we have here a new type of linguistic use—phatic communion I am tempted to call it,..a type of speech in which ties of union are created by a mere exchange of words.

1954 W. La Barre Human Animal xv. 306 A surprisingly large part of every culture is merely the phatic sharing of common emotional burdens, and has no relevance at all to the outside world.

1972 Scholarly Publishing Apr. 282/2 The reader on a committee who blandly and thoughtlessly says, ‘You really ought to get this study published’ (in the same phatic way he says, ‘Good morning’).

1997 When Saturday Comes Jan. 37/1 There are many offices..in which people work side-by-side for years, maybe decades, without ever getting beyond the phatic communicative level of basic politeness.

2010 L. Cummings Routledge Pragmatics Encycl. at Phatic Communion Jakobson (1960) characterizes the ‘phatic function’ of language as its use to focus on the channel of communication itself, rather than on the information conveyed by the language code.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phatic
释义	phaticadj. Brit. /ˈfatɪk/, U.S. /ˈfædɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕατός. Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕατός spoken ( < ϕάναι to say ( < the same Indo-European base as ban v.) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ic suffix: see quot. 1923. Compare Hellenistic Greek ϕατικός assertory. Of, designating, or relating to speech, utterances, etc., that serve to establish or maintain social relationships rather than to impart information, communicate ideas, etc.; esp. in phatic communion n. speech communication of this kind; (also) trivial or purely formal verbal contact. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered expressed1548 verbal1580 outspoken1652 prolative1691 enunciative1831 spoken1851 phatic1923 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > phatic communion phatic communion1923 1923 B. Malinowski in C. K. Ogden & I. A. Richards Meaning of Meaning 478 There can be no doubt that we have here a new type of linguistic use—phatic communion I am tempted to call it,..a type of speech in which ties of union are created by a mere exchange of words. 1954 W. La Barre Human Animal xv. 306 A surprisingly large part of every culture is merely the phatic sharing of common emotional burdens, and has no relevance at all to the outside world. 1972 Scholarly Publishing Apr. 282/2 The reader on a committee who blandly and thoughtlessly says, ‘You really ought to get this study published’ (in the same phatic way he says, ‘Good morning’). 1997 When Saturday Comes Jan. 37/1 There are many offices..in which people work side-by-side for years, maybe decades, without ever getting beyond the phatic communicative level of basic politeness. 2010 L. Cummings Routledge Pragmatics Encycl. at Phatic Communion Jakobson (1960) characterizes the ‘phatic function’ of language as its use to focus on the channel of communication itself, rather than on the information conveyed by the language code. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1923
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