Publications
Kulkarni, Dipti. 2014. Exploring Jakobson’s ‘phatic function’ in instant messaging interactions. Discourse & Communication 8 (2) : 117–136. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Stenström, Anna-Brita. 2014. Avoid silence! Keep talking!: Pragmatic markers as phatic devices in teenage conversation. Functions of Language 21 (1) : 30–49. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Săftoiu, Răzvan. 2012. Small talk – a work of frame. In [no author]. Professional Communication across Languages and Cultures. (Dialogue Studies 17). John Benjamins. pp. 213–236. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Senft, Gunter. 2009. Phatic communion. In Östman, Jan-Ola, Jef Verschueren and Gunter Senft, eds. Culture and Language Use. (Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights 2). John Benjamins. pp. 226–233. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Mitchell, Kirsten, Melony Lenhardt and Albert N. Katz. 2007. On Acknowledging Thanks for Performing a Favor. Metaphor and Symbol 22 (3) : 233–250. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Urbanova, Ludmila. 2007. Phatic communion and small talk in fictional dialogues. In Butler, Christopher S., Julia Lavid and Raquel Hidalgo Downing, eds. Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing. (Studies in Language Companion Series 85). John Benjamins. pp. 349–358. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Senft, Gunter. 1996. Phatic communion. In Östman, Jan-Ola, Jef Verschueren, Jan Blommaert and Chris Bulcaen, eds. Handbook of Pragmatics.1995 Installment. John Benjamins. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Bazzanella, Carla. 1990. Phatic connectives as interactional cues in contemporary spoken Italian. Journal of Pragmatics 14 (4) : 629–647. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)