Publication details
Phatic Communion and Small Talk in Fictional Dialogues
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | phatic communion;small talk;fictional dialogues;irony;re-evaluation;paradox |
| Description | The article deals with the use of phatic devices in fictional dialogues in the novel of Penelope Lively "Heat Wave". The author explains the contextual specification in which irony is created by means of phatic communion and small talk. |
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