Hello Viewers! I hope that all of you are in good health. Great Synonym welcomes back its viewers to new informational-based blog posts. Today’s topic is Phatic Communication. Phatic communication is also called Small Talk. A lot of queries are being searched on Google related to this topic. Make sure to read the blog post till the end. I hope that all of you will find this blog post interesting, informative, and helpful. Maybe, most of you were not familiar with this term or phrase, before. Believe me, I am going to clear all your queries relevant to today’s blog topic.
Introduction:
Phatic communication is derived from the Greek word “Phatos“. Phatos means linguistic i.e. “by language”. The words or phrases that we use to begin a conversation are small talk. We all live in a society where we have to socialize. Sometimes we need space. We don’t want our social life to be so much social. But what can we do? It’s human nature that we can’t live without being social for a long time. To socialize, all we need is small talk to share feelings rather than to communicate information or ideas. A small talk that works like an ignition to build healthy communication is simply our phatic communication term.
Phatic Communication:
Phatic communication or Phatic communion in simple is small conversation. A small conversation that helps us to keep up our social relations which is independent of information. The purpose of this communication is not to pass information. It is just a simple casual conversation to establish social connections in a society.
As I said in my first blog post, it is one of the motives of a Great Synonym to explain the terms in the simplest possible way so that its audience can understand well.
Importance:
Phatic communication plays an important role in our lives. It helps us to begin and hold the conversation for a longer period of time. Also, an important point to discuss in this topic is that the main function of phatic communication is not to communicate. The main purpose is socialization. Although there is a term communication used after phatic, but doesn’t relate to real communication definitions and its types. It would be better to say that phatic communication is a tool of communication. And for what purpose, tools are being used? Definitely, tools are used for a good and easy user experience. It is similar in this case. It helps you talk to people more easily. So, it is a helping tool for communication. It is not bad to say there is an inseparable bond between language and communication that can’t be broken.
Examples of Phatic Communication:
Well, there are countless examples of this topic. I’m providing you with the most commonly used phrases in our daily lives.
How are you:
We say this phrase over and over daily. There is no limitation to the phrase, whether we know someone or not. We can use this phrase to make a start to our healthy conversation.
Hey! Wassup?
Another example of a mostly used phrase. A lot of people are confused and don’t know the meaning of the phrase. Wassup is the short abbreviation for what’s up. Mostly this phrase is used in social media chatting platforms. What would you do when someone asks you the same question of wassup? First, don’t lose your confidence. They are trying to mess you up with the term. You have to answer calmly as, “all well, you tell, wassup?” It would be a great reaction to such a phrase.
How you doin’
One of my favorite phrases. Many of you may have seen a legendary American Series, Friends. This phrase was the signature tune of my favorite childhood character, Joey. He often used this phrase to impress girls.
Have a nice day!
This phrase is very sweet to listen to and say. We use this phrase to express the emotion of care to someone.
I’m all yours:
This phrase is mostly used in couple relationships to express the emotion of love. Also, it tells others how secure I feel whenever I’m with you. This is a romantic phrase to consider.
Conclusion:
This is all of my today’s blog post on phatic communication.I hope that find it another informative and knowledgeable blog post. Before reading the blog post, you had zero knowledge of what is phatic communication. Although, you were unintentionally using it in your daily lives without even knowing. In the end, to answer your all queries I am adding some additional FAQs that will help my readers to find the answers to the trending queries.
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Most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
These are the most frequently asked questions on our topic:
1)- Is Phatic communication verbal or non-verbal?
It can be verbal and non-verbal, both scenarios are possible. Phatic communication is a good way to start a conversation. I gave many examples of verbal communication. For non-verbal, when we shake our hands, isn’t it the start of a conversation? This example proves that phatic communication can also be non-verbal. Passing a smile to someone is another example of non-verbal.
2)- What is a Phatic communication example?
There are many examples of phatic communication. Like, How are you? Hey! Wassup? how you doin’, Have a nice day! I’m all yours, etc. are examples. If you are in condolence for death, I’m sorry for your loss! This is another example of the same question.
3)- What is the function of Phatic communication?
The function of phatic communication is not to communicate. The main function is to create a social relation like starting a conversation, in giving farewells like saying goodbye, see you soon, and also in greetings purposes. It serves as a social function rather than communicative or informative.