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46: Hey, no problem, bye! The social dance of phatics (Patreon)

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2020-07-17 02:07:04
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2023-02

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How are you? Thanks, no problem. Stock, ritualistic social phrases  like these, which are used more to indicate a particular social context  rather than for the literal meaning of the words inside have a name in  linguistics – they’re called phatics! 

In this episode, your hosts  Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about the social  dance of phatic expressions. We talk about common genres of phatics,  including greetings, farewells, and thanking; how ordinary phrases come  to take on a social meaning versus how existing phatic expressions can  become literal again; and how phatics differ across languages and  mediums, including speech, letters, email, and social media.  

Announcements:

Gretchen’s book about internet language, Because Internet,  is available in paperback! It includes a section on phatic expressions  in email and social media as well as lots of other things about how we  talk to each other online, including emoji, memes, what internet  generation you belong to, a small cameo from Lauren and Lingthusiasm,  and more! You can also still get the audiobook version, read by Gretchen  herself (no Lauren though, sorry). It also makes a great gift for  anyone you communicate with online. 

For links to things mentioned in this episode: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/623851629729464320/lingthusiasm-episode-46-hey-no-problem-bye-the

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46: Hey, no problem, bye! The social dance of phatics

Lingthusiasm Episode 46: Hey, no problem, bye! The social dance of phatics How are you? Thanks, no problem. Stock, ritualistic social phrases like these, which are used more to indicate a particular social context rather than for the literal meaning of the words inside have a name in linguistics - they're called phatics!

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Anonymous

I've been listening for a while now and just signed up as a patron because you mentioned that you're a fan of Thessaly.

lingthusiasm
>>40725379

It's a great series! I've been reading a lot of Jo Walton's books during lockdown, can also endorse her new one which came out this month!

Anonymous

Thinking about how phatics get noticed more when they break down reminded me of when we first met our neighbors. Their daughter and our son started kindergarten at the same time, so we'd see each other on the walk to and from school. The dad is Black and I am white, and every time I greeted him with something like "how are you?" his response always was always something like "I'm just peachy." It caught my attention because it was a response that I mostly associate with older (mostly white) men. That was 4 or 5 years ago now, and I've noticed that he's done it less as we've gotten to know each other better. I'll probably never ask him (because it would feel rude to do so), but I do wonder if it was his way of trying to sound less Black and therefore potentially more "palatable" to his white neighbor. It makes me sad to think so, but I don't blame him for that.