Publications

Publication details [#59101]

Kulkarni, Dipti. 2014. Exploring Jakobson’s ‘phatic function’ in instant messaging interactions. Discourse & Communication 8 (2) : 117–136.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

interaction | internet | message1 | phatic function

Language as a subject

English | Hindi | Marathi

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

The usage of several linguistic resources in mixed English-Indian chats such as expressives, questions, assesments and back-channels, indicates an important quantity of interlocutor interactional work in order to preserve contact (cfr. phatic language).